Series 1 > Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760

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TOUR THROUGH SCOTLAND, 1760.
is encompassed with a fossee, and there is a wall to it from the
east & west. From the Camp a line is drawn two miles to the
west to another Camp on the top of Cold street hill fortified in
the same manner, and with several outworks. These, with that
in Darnwick Ground, called Castle Steed, form a triangle, and
the two last might be Castra Exploratum. To the south west
of Eildon Hill is a Military way, and it is said there was a
military Station at Kippilaw,1 it goes through Halidon2 park
and in some places through marshes; it had a communication
with Coldshields, and with a Camp on the other side of Tweed
called the Rink. Towards Darnwick at Skinner or Skirmish
hill was a battle fought the 18th July 1520 between the
parties who wanted either to keep or get possession of
James 5th.
Taking the north side of the river on a hill to the west
of Drygrange is a british Camp; on a hill near Gattonside
another, as well as opposite to Newstead which is called Chertes
Know. Near Easter Loughe is a fine place called the nameless
Den, where on the side of the bray are some petrifications
which are washed down to the river by the rains, they are of
the substance of fine Marie: near Leeder there has been a
Camp; and near Clackmae is another with three fossees—
called ridge walls—and near it another with a single fossee
called Cherterlie, from this there is a military road to the
south, another to the north going to Chapel Muir and Blainslie
to Cheildhelles Chapel. A mile south of ridge wall is another
small camp called Brownhill. All which camps plainly show
that this has been a great scene of action between the English
& Scotch when thus invaded each other by crossing the great
natural Barriers the Tweed, & the Teviot.—I am, &c.
Letter LXXIII.
Alnewick, Northumberland, Sepr. 29th 1760.
Dear Sister,—At Melross I took leave of Mr. Baillie, and
went on for Selkirk four miles, I saw up the small river Gala,
, 1 Kiplaw. 2 Haliedean.