Volume contents
- 1 - Selkirk , page 1 (start)
- 10 - Selkirk , page 10
- 20 - Selkirk , page 20
- 30 - Selkirk , page 30
- 40 - Selkirk , page 40
- 50 - Selkirk , page 50
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- 159 - Selkirk , page 159 (end)
- 160 - Selkirk , title page
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Catrail or Pictsworkditch | The Catrail or Pictsworkditch | Continued [from OS1/30/10/16] Maitland, with equal absurdity, has converted the catrail into a Roman Road - If he had only examined it, he would seen, that it is as different from a Roman Road, as a crooked is from a straight line, or as a concave work is from a convex -- The able, & disquisitive Whitaker was the first, who applied the Catrail to its real purpose, by referring it to its proper period. There can hardly be a doubt, whether the Catrail was once a dividing fence, between the Romanized Britons of the Cumbrian Kingdom, & their Saxon invadors, on the East -- It cannot, indeed, be fitly referred to any other historical period of the country, which is dignified by the site of this interesting antiquity -- The Britons, & the saxons, were the only hostile people, whose countries were separated by this warlike fence, which seems to have been exactly calculated to overawe the encroching spirit of the Saxon People -- Whether the several ramparts, which traversed Berwickshire, be the same as the Catrail, is not quite certain: but, there cannot be any reasonable doubt, whether they were all made, by the same British hands, for the same purpose of defence, during the same obscure age of hostile intrusion -- From Chalmers Caledonia - Vol. [Volume] 1. Pages 238 to 242 -- |
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Parish of Selkirk -- W Beatty
Ordnance Survey - Selkirk county, OS Name Books - Selkirk county - Volume 10 - Parish of Selkirk, OS1/30/10
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Selkirk.
Ordnance Survey - Selkirk 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 Selkirk, which is in the south east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.