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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Eslar, Esler, var. of Aslar (hewn stone). —1542 Soc. Ant. III. 162.
Foure buttreis one ilk syd of the said kirk eslar werk 1555–6 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 179.
For brynging up of ane dosone esler … to the tolbuith 1633 M. Works Acc. XXV. 16 b.
Four great esler at x s the peice 1698 12th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. viii. 59.
The fort is … all of eslar, and unbatterable almost for strength and thickness
