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Sheet 83 Plan 12 Parish of Haltwhistle

List of Names as written on the Plan	Various modes of Spelling the same Names	Authority for those modes of Spelling	Situation	Descriptive Remarks, or other General Observations which may be considered of Interest
Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill	Mr Makepeace	50 Chains East of	A small eminence. this name
	Chapel Hill	Mr Thompson	Rapishaw Gap	is supposed to be derived from
	Chapel Hill	Mr Armstrong		its having been the Site of a
	Chapel Hill	McLauchlans Memoir p40		Temple during the occupation
	Chapel Hill	Bruce’s Roman Wall		of Borcovicus by the Romans
		"In the Valley below is a small sandstone Ridge called"
		Chapel Hill, from the idea that a temple stood upon it.
		Two fine altars have been found here"
		Bruce’s Roman Wall P 193

Tumulus	Tumulus	McLauchlan’s Memoir	55 Chains South	Two "Tumuli" the one on the side of the Turnpike
	~~(Remains of)~~		east by east of	Road being in good preservation and
	Tumulus	Mr Thompson	Rapishaw Gap	the one furthest south occupies the
	~~(Remains of)~~			side of a bank and has its boldest
	Tumulus	Mr Armstrong		bank to the South: they are both
	~~(Remains of)~~			probably of British origin.

Tumulus	Tumulus	Mc Lauchlans Memoir	See description above
	Tumulus	Mr Thompson
	Tumulus	Mr Armstrong

				John Stewart 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

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Transcribed by CTW and PW