Giffordland
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Giffordland is in North Ayrshire, Parish of Dalry in the former Region of Strathclyde, Scotland.
Giffordland Farmhouse with 'Crow steps' on the gable ends
A semi-natural 'Moot Hill' in the glen with old beech trees and the Auldmuir Burn
Yester or Garvald Castle in East Lothian; once held by the Gifford family
A view across the glen with the Auldmuir Burn
Moot hill
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A moot hill or mons placiti is a hill or mound historically used as an assembly or meeting place, as a moot hall is a meeting or assembly building, also traditionally to decide local issues. In early
Giffordland
…same account, but states in the 1820s that it was not in the best of order.. Its rental value at the time was £123 6s 8d. The Barony would have had a Moot hill and the small mound in the Giffordland Glen shows signs of having been artificially altered (see illustration). Giffordland had also been known as…
A mound near Greenhill farm in the old Barony of Giffen
Gravestone to a Dempster
One of the two pit prisons in Hailes Castle, East Lothian
The old judgement hill at Riccarton, now topped by a church.