Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Moat (Vitrified Fort] | Mark Moat Mark Moat Moat Moat of the Mark |
William Roddick William Graham Ainslues Map. 1820 Sinclair's Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] |
[Situation] About 3/4 mile SE [South East] of Kipford or Scar, A large ancient fort of an [---] shape, having on its S.E. [South East] and [---] sides the remains of a rampart composed or earth and Stones, It is situated upon the summit of a small Eminence on the farm of Saltflats. It is supposed to be a vitrified fort from the [---] of quantities of vitrified Water that [---] around the eminence on which the fort is situated. The following quoted from Sinclairs Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Scotland |
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Continued entries/extra info
[page] 26
Parish of Colvend
Form 136
Page 79 [Mark Moat]
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Old English[written in Orthography column under (Vitrified Fort)
"Upon the bank of the same river "Urr" on the east side, about 2 miles
"farther up" than Castle Hill of Barcloy "upon the narrow top of a small
"but high, steep, and rocky hill or mount, have lately been discovered
"the vistiges of another work of strength, which, from the scanty re
"-mains of its materials that are to be found, antiquarians suppose
"to have been a vitrified fort. The place is called the Moat of the
"Mark, or Merkland of Barcloy." -
Transcriber's notes
Description: several words cannot be read due to fold at spine.
Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright county, OS Name Books - Kirkcudbright county - Volume 139 - Parishes of Buittle and Colvend and Southwick, OS1/20/139
This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Buittle, and Colvend and Southwick.
Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright county
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