Lothian and the BordersRoyal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, 1985 - Social Science - 196 pages |
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... Cheviots obscure all sight of England . In a western arc , moreover , from the Teviot to the Gala Waters , long and sinuous river valleys radiate outwards to disappear amongst hilly uplands linking the Cheviots to the Moorfoots . A ...
... Cheviots obscure all sight of England . In a western arc , moreover , from the Teviot to the Gala Waters , long and sinuous river valleys radiate outwards to disappear amongst hilly uplands linking the Cheviots to the Moorfoots . A ...
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... Cheviots and the Tweed . Both ' doors ' were secured ; Edinburgh ceased to be a Border fortress ; the name ' Lothian ' referred to the whole area between the Forth and the Tweed . Warring , land - grabbing and cattle - reiving continued ...
... Cheviots and the Tweed . Both ' doors ' were secured ; Edinburgh ceased to be a Border fortress ; the name ' Lothian ' referred to the whole area between the Forth and the Tweed . Warring , land - grabbing and cattle - reiving continued ...
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... Cheviots , crossing the Tweed near Newstead , thence up Lauderdale and into Lothian ; the other led from Carlisle and north - west England , up Annandale to Crawford and the upper Clyde , thence by the Biggar Gap and along the south ...
... Cheviots , crossing the Tweed near Newstead , thence up Lauderdale and into Lothian ; the other led from Carlisle and north - west England , up Annandale to Crawford and the upper Clyde , thence by the Biggar Gap and along the south ...
Contents
Editors Foreword | 6 |
Roman and postRoman forts and settlements | 127 |
Prehistoric forts and settlements | 141 |
Copyright | |
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19th century Abbey Abercorn aisle Anglian arch Berwickshire Border Bridge buildings built Burgh burial Cairnpapple cairns carved Castle centre chapel Cheviots churchyard circular Coldingham courtyard Cramond Crichton cultivation defences ditch doocot Dunbar earlier early East Lothian Edinburgh Eildon Hill Eildon Hill North enclosure entrance Ettrick and Lauderdale Ettrick Water farm fortified Haddington harbour Hawick hillfort Hopetoun Hownam incorporated Innerleithen Jedburgh Kelso Kirk Lammermuirs late 18th century later Lauder Leith Linlithgow Lyne massive medieval Melrose mercat cross Mill minor road monuments Museum nave north-east north-west Northumbrian original Peebles Pentland rampart rectangular ridge Roman Romanno roof Roslin route Roxburgh Scotland Scottish settlement side road signposted South Queensferry south-east Scotland square standing stones storeys Street survive terraces tower tower-house town transept Traprain Traprain Law Tweed Tweeddale Tyninghame vaulted village Votadini wall Water whilst Whiteadder Water wing Woden Law