518 D. MILNE HOME ON HIGH-WATER MARKS ON THE 

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Name of Place. Riven ee Remarks. 
Level. 

The above section and measurements were 
taken along a line of hedge on Ordnance Map 
running south to north from the river. The 
diagram is not made to any scale. 
On both sides of the Whitadder here, there is 
a very extensive flat. On the west side of the 
river, the bank bounding this flat has its base 
line about 50 feet above the river. This flat 
land and the high bank bounding it, before 
being cut through by the river Whitadder, have 
sloped very gently towards the east. The area 
is so extensive, that only a lake or an arm of 
the sea will explain it. 


Field between Paxton Toll and Gainslaw House (North Side of River). 


















































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6. Field between Paxton Toll and 36 49 |6. There are two flats and water lines here. The 
Gainslaw “House (north side lowest is bounded by a bank, the base of which 
of river). See sketch given is about 19 feet above the Tweed, at low water. 
above. The upper flat is bounded by a higher and 
steeper bank, the base of which is a little below 
the 50 feet O.S. contour line, and about 36 feet 
above the river. The distance between the 
two water lines here is about 72 paces. The 
distance of the lower line from the river is 
about 150 paces. These banks extend the 
whole length of two Gainslaw fields ;—the 
upper bank stops on the east side of Gainslaw 
House. Its continuation eastward has been 
obliterated by the action of the Tweed on the 
bank, which is here unusually steep. Both 
banks cross the “ Bound road” into Paxton 
Field, of Easter Finchey. 




