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Sheet 41 Plan 12 Parish of Elsdon

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Tod Law Tod Law Revd. John Nicholson MA About 63 chains S.W. of An ordinary eminence of considerable elevation
Tod Law Mr Robson Low Byrness forming a kind of Ridge between Blakehope Burn
Tod Law Mr Dodd and the River Rede
Three Kings Three Kings Revd. John Nicholson MA About 42 chains S.W. Three rough unhewn stones placed in an upright
Three Kings Mr Robson of Low Byrness position about three feet high and four feet apart
Three Kings Mr Dodd and arranged in triangular order. Tradition says that
this is the spot where three Danish Princes have been
intered, hence the name (Three Kings) is derived
The object has a very ancient and remarkable appearance
and may have been erected by the early Britons in
commemoration of some important event as it is pretty
well known that this ancient People were in the habit
of erecting Monuments exactly similar to the object
above mentioned
Edw. Gillespie
Sapper Royal Engineers

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