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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