Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bony Brae

Bony Brae, a place near Wooden in Kelso parish, Roxburghshire. It took its name from the upturning by the plough of quantities of human bones; and is supposed to have been the scene of some unrecorded battle between the Scots and either the English or the Danes.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a place"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kelso ScoP       Roxburghshire ScoCnty

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