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WHITTINGHAME.] -- INVENTORY OF MONUMENTS IN EAST LOTHIAN. -- [WHITTINGHAME.

HUT CIRCLES.

237.-Hut Circle, Rough Cleugh Rig, Johns-
cleugh.-Some 400 yards south-west of Johns-
cleugh and about 150 yards south-south-east of
the Hazelly Burn, at an elevation of 1000 feet
above sea-level, on Rough Cleugh Rig a
heather covered muir, is a hut circle of stone
covered with grass, 6 feet in diameter in-
ternally and surrounded by a wall 4 feet thick
rising 9 inches above outer and inner level.
There is no sign of an entrance.

xvi. N.E. (unnoted). 13 June 1913.

238. Stone Setting, Mayshiel.-About 1/2 mile
north-east of Mayshiel and 10 yards south
of the road from Gifford

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FIG. 181.-The " Nine
Stones " (No. 239).

to Priestlaw, at an eleva-
tion of over 900 feet
above sea-level, is a set-
ting of stones which
measure up to 2 feet
3 inches in length, en-
closing a roughly circular
area 9 feet in diameter
(fig. 180). Two stones
lying 10 feet farther
down the hill have pro-
bably been removed from
the southern arc of the
circle. Round the out-
side, soil is heaped up against the stones, while
the interior has been excavated 6 inches to
1 foot below the exterior level.

xvi. S.E. (unnoted). 14 June 1913.

STONE CIRCLES AND SETTINGS.

239. Stone Circle " The Nine Stones," Nine
Stone Rig, Johnscleugh.-On the south-eastern
slope of a heather covered muir running down
to the Kingside Burn, some 400 yards distant
from it and almost due west of the highest
point of Spartleton Hill 1 3/4 miles away,
slightly above the 1000 feet contour line is a
stone circle called "The Nine Stones" (fig. 181),
of which only eight remain, three on the north-
western arc being still upright and five pro-
strate. Six of these stones at present enclose
three quarters of a circle of an approximate
diameter of about 22 feet, the southern arc
being open. One stone more than 5 feet in

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length lies outside the north-eastern arc almost
buried under peat, only one corner of the pillar
protruding above the ground. The most
southerly stone, which is split, lies several feet
beyond the line of the circle. The largest erect
stone, towards the north-west, is triangular in
shape and measures 5 feet in length, 2 feet in
breadth and 3 feet above ground, while its
two neighbours to the east and west rise 2 feet
in height. The other five stones, which are
overthrown, vary from 2 to 7 feet in length.
There is evidence of slight excavation at the
centre, and about the most southerly point
in the circle is a hollow that may have been
occupied by the outlying stone to the south,
which if replaced would make this segment of
the circle fairly complete.

xvi. S.E. 19 May 1913.

240. Stone Circle, Kingside Hill, Mayshiel.-
At an elevation of rather more than 1000 feet
above sea-level, on

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FIG. 182.-Circle, Kingside
Hill (No. 240).

the north-western
slope of Kingside Hill,
some 50 yards east
of the cart track be-
tween Mayshiel and
Johnscleugh and 150
yards south of the
Kingside Burn, is a
stone circle (fig. 182)
about 39 feet in dia-
meter, composed of
30 small boulders, of
which the majority
are set on edge ; a
number have been overthrown, and three are
covered with turf. The highest rises only 16
inches above the surface of the ground. In the
centre of the circle is a large boulder 2 feet
long by 1 foot 9 inches broad, appearing 6 to
9 inches above ground and penetrating at least
about 2 feet under ground. For a distance of
5 feet round this central stone there is a very
slight mound. On the northern curve of the
circle the stones are placed closer than on the
opposite side.

xvi. S.E. (unnoted). 30 May 1913.

241. Stone Circle and Hut Circles, Penshiel
Hill, Mayshiel.-On the northern slope of Pen-

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