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Ordnance Survey - Peebles county, OS Name Books - Peebles county - Volume 26 - Parish of Lyne, OS1/24/26

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Lyne Parish (part of) -- Sheet 25 No. 1 Trace 3


Here (Megget) stood the tower of Piers Cockburn a noted freebooter
who was hanged over his own gateway by order of James V in the course of his
Judiciary Mid 1529. Piers was buried in a spot called the Chapel Knowe
which was flouted and melosed a few years ago by the late Mr Murray
of Henderland. A style in the wall gives access to the tomb. Over the grave is
a slab on which is carved the figure of a Sword of Justice and some other emblems
with the inscription "Here lyis perys of Cokburne and hys wyfe Mariory". Chambers Guide to Peebles.

Ordnance Survey - Peebles county, OS Name Books - Peebles county - Volume 26 - Parish of Lyne, OS1/24/26

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Lyne.

Ordnance Survey - Peebles county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Peebles, which is in the south of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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