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Ordnance Survey - Roxburgh county, OS Name Books - Roxburgh county - Volume 36 - Parish of Southdean, OS1/29/36

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Parish of Southdean -- Sheet 27.9 Trace 1

Kilnsike Tower. As Tower has been invariably applied to these antiquities
it has consequently been adapted in this instance
Tower is evidently more appropriate as appears p [per] Jamieson. J.B.J.
Pele, Peyll, Paill, Peel, Paile
A place of strength, a fortification
properly of earth. Dr. [Doctor] Jamieson's Scot Dicty. [Scottish Dictionary]

[Signed] J. G. Andrew Spr. R.E. [Sapper Royal Engineers]

Ordnance Survey - Roxburgh county, OS Name Books - Roxburgh county - Volume 36 - Parish of Southdean, OS1/29/36

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

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.

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