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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 683 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DUNS , a See also:

police See also:burgh and See also:county See also:town of See also:Berwickshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1901) 2206. It is situated 44 M. E.S.E. of See also:Edinburgh by road, with a station on the See also:branch See also:line of the See also:North See also:British railway from Reston to St Boswells. The See also:principal buildings are the town-See also:hall, county buildings, See also:corn See also:exchange, See also:mechanics' See also:institute and the public library. There is a woollen See also:mill, and stock sales are held at frequent intervals. The alternative spelling of Dunse seems to have been in See also:vogue from 1940 6111882. It was on Duns See also:Law (700 ft.). that the See also:Covenanters, under See also:Alexander See also:Leslie, were encamped in 1639, and the Covenanters' See also:Stone on the See also:top of the See also:hill has been enclosed to preserve it from relic-hunters. Duns See also:castle, adjoining the town on the W., includes the See also:Tower erected by See also:Thomas See also:Randolph, See also:earl of See also:Moray (d. 1332), and about 3 m. S.W. is the See also:village of Polwarth.

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