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in its vicinity especially towards the N [North] part of its
course, but the pieces are too few to imply
that there has been a regularly vitrified
wall as at the Doon of May unless it
has been regularly carted away which
seems improbable.
On showing pieces of vitrified stone to the
shepherd who has been for many years on
the farm he told me that there was much
of it turned up on the Turkey Hill an
eminence most suitable for a fort about 1/2
m. [mile] Southward and also on the Skait Hill
near Wigtown about 1 m. [mile] to the NW. [North West]. The
former is under a crop of wheat and so
cannot be examined and the latter is in
old pasture but I shall visit it later on.

Rock Sculpture North Balfern (unnoted)
In the field to the W. [West] of the farm road some
200 yds [yards] WNW. [West North West] of North Balfern farmhouse
is an outcrop of rock with a smooth surface
some 15' in length by [--] in breadth and
exposed for a distance of 9'.6". The N [North] end of a low
rocky ridge on which the ground is
uncultivated lies to the W. [West] and may
assist in locating it. On the exposed surface
are eleven cup and ring sculptures and
several independent cup marks. The

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