Volume contents
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- 258 - Melrose , Title Page
- 259 - Melrose , Index
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EILDON HILL NORTH | The Eildon Hills The Eildon or Hildon Hills - i.e. high Hills The Eildon Hills The Eildon Hills The Eildon Hills |
Bowers Hist. [History] of Melrose - Milne's Hist. [History] of Melrose Ph. [Parish] (1743) J. T. Dunn Esqr Allan Freer Esqr Revd [Reverend] Mr Murray |
008.05 | Three very remarKable Conical hills in the Southeast part of the parish of Melrose, and in the northeast of Bowden Ph. [Parish]; the boundary between the two above parishes crosses what is called the "Middle Eildon", or "Mid Hill" on the northeast hill there is the remains of a very larg "Roman Camp" which Surrounds the whole hill; the top of these hills Commands a beautiful prospect of the surrounding Country for many miles, the Stones on these hills, have a clean, light, hard appearance, as if they had underwent the action of fire - And are quite free from a mixture of clay - These hills are the property of the Duke of Buccleuch - These Hills are supposed by antiquarians to be the Trimontium, or Three Peaked Mountain Commanding a View of the principal steading in this Country of the Romans, and this steading is supposed to have been at Newstead, a valley about 2 miles North of the hill on which the Roman Camp is. |
Continued entries/extra info
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Melrose Parish -- Sheet 8-5 -- Trace 6
John McCabe
[Note] -- These three promontories are generally termed
"The Eildon Hills" or "The Eildons" but as they
are so far apart, each being on a
distinct or separate sheet, and even
in different Parishes - they are written
as "Eildon Hill North" - "Eildon Mid Hill"
and "Eildon Hill South"
Ordnance Survey - Roxburgh county, OS Name Books - Roxburgh county - Volume 28 - Parish of Melrose, OS1/29/28
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Melrose.
Ordnance Survey - Roxburgh 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 Roxburgh, which is in the south east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.