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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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so as to leave the ridge between these rivulets.
This was my earliest impression - though I have little reliance on it now.
2nd There are off the East and South coasts of England, sub-marine ridges or banks of sand & gravel very much resembling the Kaims in length and height. off Garmouth & off Portland, there are many such - being formed by a peculiar action of the tides & currents & breakers.
To a similar cause, when the greater part of our Island was under the sea, the formation of the Kaims may be owing.
This is the theory which appears to me most probable, and which I believe is more fully explained by me in my Geological account

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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