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INVENTORY OF MONUMENTS IN STEWARTRY OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT. 37

PARISH OF BALMAGHIE.
state without excavation whether this material, as seems probably,
has come from a wall on the summit or not.
O.S.M., KIRKCUD. xlii. NW. Visited 12th September 1911.

CAIRN.
46. Cairn, Bargatton.--At the edge of a field, about half-way
between Bargatton and the north-west end of Bargatton Loch, is a
large circular cairn measuring in diameter some 60 feet, and in eleva-
tion, at highest, 8 feet. A considerable amount of stone has been
removed from the top of it, but neither cist nor chamber is exposed.
O.S.M., KIRKCUD., vlii. NW. Visited 12th September 1911.

MISCELLANEOUS.
47. Enclosed Mound, Bargatton.--About 1/2 mile to the south of
Bargatton farm and 175 yards west-north-west of the cairn No. 46,
is a circular enclosure with a diameter of 60 feet, surrounded by a
bank of earth and stone some 14 feet thick and 1 to 2 feet in
height on the exterior, as the ground rises or falls. Near the centre
lies a stony mound, elliptical in shape, with its longest axis north and
south, measuring 25 feet by 20 feet, and of about equal height with
the surrounding bank. There is a slight dip in the contour of the
bank towards the north-east which may possibly have been an
entrance.
O.S.M., KIRKCUD., xlii. NW. Visited 12th September 1911.
48. Foundations, Bargatton Lock.--Near the centre of the east
shore of Bargatton Loch is a small island separated from the shore at
its nearest point by a shallow channel about 12 feet wide traversed
by a rough causeway. Somewhat to the north of the highest point
of the island are the remains of an oblong building with rounded
corners, measuring over all some 36 feet by 20 feet, with walls 3 feet
in thickness. At no point is the wall more than two stones in height,
and there are not sufficient stones lying around to indicate that the
stonework of the superstructure has originally been much higher.
In the south-west corner, in the inside, there is more building
material than elsewhere, as if this has been the position of the
chimney. Adjoining this site, and parallel, are the remains of a
small enclosure, probably of turf on a stone foundation, while a few
yards further down the slope to the north is another small elliptical
foundation, measuring over all 28 feet by 14 feet. The whole island
is overgrown with bracken, but as far as ascertainable there is on it
no trace of defensive works.
O.S.M., KIRKCUD., xlii. NW. ("Fort").
Visited 12th September 1911.

PARISH OF BORGUE.

ECCLESIASTICAL STRUCTURES.
49. Kirkandrews.--The site of the ancient church of Kirkandrews
is distant about 7 1/2 miles to the south-west of Kirkcudbright. Two
modernised burial enclosures in the churchyard appear to include parts