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and the intervening portion about an inch in length
is cut by a narrow channel. From the opposite
end of the cup another channel is scored in
a curving line across the slab to the
opposite end. The cup was covered with turf
which I replaced. The situation of the stone is
on the left bank of a burn running across a
piece of boggy unploughed meadow towards the
S.W. [South West] end of the Black burn plantation about 3/4 mile
N.W. [North West] of Edington hill Farm. It is forty yards or so
distant S.E. [South East] from the edge of the plantation.

Hutton Castle (Ld. [Lord] Tweedmouth)
From this point to Hutton Castle is a distance of 3 to
4 miles. The sun was very hot, I had had no lunch
though it was between 2 & 3.0 & I was very hungry.
Hutton I found much modernised since described
by Macgibbon & Ross. The old keep seemed to be
the only portion unaltered though the circular tower
in the angle between it & the main block had been
considerably heightened as also had the central building.
The windows had been widened etc. etc. The dining
room is beautifully panelled in carved oak
but whether all antique I do not know. The
signs of a dry ditch between the house & the
ravine are no longer visible. Much money
must have been expended on house & grounds
probably about 1898, the date on the building.
I was glad to reach Chirnside about 3.30

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