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Ordnance Survey - Berwick county, OS Name Books - Berwick county - Volume 23 - Parish of Greenlaw, OS1/5/23

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thither from the rocks of Lammermoor hills by the agency of a current of water setting in from the North towards the South; and as the Kaims are composed of similar materials reduced to a moderate size, its formation is to be ascribed to the same cause. It is generally allowed that mosses are produced from decayed vegetable matter such as wood, furze, ferns &c. Now, if it be admitted that Dogden Moss was at one time an extensive wood, the waters subsiding at the universal deluge, or some more partial inundation, & rushing with great impetuosity from the Dirrington Laws, which are about two miles N. West from the Kaimes, would carry with them all the wood & underwood, to a considerable distance, till the collected materials would form

Ordnance Survey - Berwick county, OS Name Books - Berwick county - Volume 23 - Parish of Greenlaw, OS1/5/23

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

Ordnance Survey - Berwick 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 Berwick, 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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