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peel towers

Scottish fortified building comprising a main tower surrounded by an enclosure for livestock (‘peel’), designed as protection against cross-border cattle raids.

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No references found			The Peel Towers are ancient structures that were built along the borders of England and Scotland. Hotel Manchester Renaissance Keeping the Elizabethan Era Alive by Marc Hardey / Women's issues/gender studies community Mind you it must have been a lively spot, at one time, judging by the number of Peel Towers and Bastles and them much needed with the Scottish Border only a mile or two away and is bristling with Grahams, Elliots and Armstrongs and other merry thieves (I speak historically of course) but, after all, the `lifting' of livestock and `insight' was a perfectly respectable form of employment on the Border in those days. Willy Poole column by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			pedal board pedal harp pedal notes pedal piano pedal point Pedalflügel pedals Pedersen, Charles Pedersøn, Mogens Pederson, Monte pedestrianization pedicel pediment pedometer Pedrell, Carlos Pedrell, Felipe Pedro Pedro I Pedro II Pedrollo, Arrigo Pedrotti, Carlo Pee Dee River Peebles Peeblesshire Peekskill peel towers Peel, John Peel, Robert Peele, George Peenemünde peepul peer group Peer Gynt peer-to-peer peerage Peerce, Jan Peerson, Martin Peeters, Flor peewit Peffenhauser, Anton PEG ratio pegasid Pegasus Pegg, Simon John Pegler, Westbrook pegmatite Pegu Péguy, Charles Pierre Pei, I M Peierls, Rudolf Ernst Peine			Peel International Baptist Church Peel International Education Alliance Peel Island Peel Island, Queensland Peel Junior Soccer Association PEEL Logic Architectural Compiler and Editor Peel Memorial Hospital Peel Mental Health Housing Coalition Peel Newcomer Strategy Group peel off peel off peel off peel off peel off peel off from peel out Peel Police Services Board Peel Regional Police Association Peel Regional Police Department Peel River Peel River Peel Student Presidents' Council Peel Summer Academy peel test peel thrust Peel tower Peel tower Peel tower Peel tower Peel tower peel towers Peel Valley Credit Union Peel Watershed Planning Commission Peel, Emma Peel, John Peel, Robert Peel, Robert Peel, Robert Peel, Sir Robert Peel, Sir Robert Peel, Sir Robert Peel, Sir Robert Peel, Sir Robert, 2nd Baronet peel-back Peel-Halton Dufferin Adult Learning Network peel-off time peelable peelable peelable peelable Peele Peele Peele, George Peele, George peeled peeled peeled peeled peeled Peeled and Deveined peeled away

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