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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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See Dogden Moss, upon Armstrangs Map of Berwick, wherein this singular ridge of strikingly represented. The name Kaims or Caims, implies, that it is a ridge, which this appellation signifies. Yet, Mr Spottiswoode of Spottiwoode, in that neighbourhood, has informed me, that being employed as a Trustee, in executing a Turnpike law road, he had ordered the Kaims to be bored, in sea of gravel, or other materials for the New road but found none: and he was convinced, from what he saw, that this singular ridge is the work of nature & not of art."
Chalmers Caledonia
Vol. 2. P. 211

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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