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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BORELAND RINGS | Boreland Rings Boreland Rings Boreland Boreland Boreland Boreland |
James Murray Esqr Drochil Mr W Welsh Romannobridge Revd. [Reverend] Mr Charteris Mr Mitchell Mountaincross Valuation Roll New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] |
008 | [Situation] About 20 chains South of Boreland This is supposed to have been An Ancient British encampment of which the following mention is made in a Book lately published entitled Peebles and its neighbourhood by W Chambers 1856. Peeblesshire Abounds in Camps of the ancient British people who inhabited "the Gadeni" As the tribe in this quarter of Scotland was called. These British Camps are situated on the tops of Hills and are uniformly circular in form they seem to have been composed of at least two circular Mounds four or five feet high with a sunk ditch between the outer and inner Circle such were the rude enclosures in which a rude people took refuge with their goods during the Roman Invasion |
| FORT (Remains of) [Boreland Rings] | 008 | This is supposed to have been An Ancient British encampment of which the following mention is made in a Book lately published entitled Peebles and its neighbourhood by W Chambers 1856. Peeblesshire Abounds in Camps of the ancient British people who inhabited "the Gadeni" As the tribe in this quarter of Scotland was called. These British Camps are situated on the tops of Hills and are uniformly circular in form they seem to have been composed of at least two circular Mounds four or five feet high with a sunk ditch between the outer and inner Circle such were the rude enclosures in which a rude people took refuge with their goods during the Roman Invasion |
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Parish of Newlands -- Sheet 8 No 6 -- Trace 5
Ordnance Survey - Peebles county, OS Name Books - Peebles county - Volume 31 - Parish of Newlands, OS1/24/31
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Newlands.
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.