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broken down in such a way as to suggest that
this was down to form the sites guard chambers as seemed
to be the case at Bonchester. There seemed to
be many grouse on the hill & I have seen there
and elsewhere during the week several large
coveys of partridges with very well grown birds.
It was easy riding back with a following wind
& I got home about 5.45.

9th Augt. 1908.
Another glorious day. Bathed with the
family in the forenoon & thereafter inspected the
“Deils Dander” which I carefully measured etc.

“Deils Dander” W. [West] Coldingham Shore.
in the afternoon. It is a large rounded mass
of vitrified stone lying on the summit of a cliff
which projects into a small bay to the S. [South] of the
Homely knoll at the S. [South] end of Coldingham Bay.
The cliff is 40’ high 35 ft. [feet] across a few feet in rear
of the boulder, and projects on the top 75 ft. [feet].
The mass is situated near the point at the sea
end. It is 20 ft. [feet] 5” in circumference and 6 ft. [feet] in
deameter and at the highest 5 ft. 4in. [5 feet 4 inches] in height
Alternate layers of vitrified matter and small
broken stones are superimposed in regular hori:
:izontal bands. The stones are broken to about
the size of ordinary road metal or somewhat
less. The layers of stone are about 4 in [inches] deep
& of vitrifaction 2 in. [inches] these measures being
wonderfully constant. A low narrow

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