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the map but found them to be merely surveyor’s
beacons. The Twinlaw Cairns stand on the
summit to which they have given a name.
They are round cairns of rough whin stones
gathered off the hill having still an altitude
at centre of from 5 to 6 feet above the ground. They are
both surmounted by tall conical beacons
probably the work of Lady John Scott. They are
about 54 paces apart. The most westerly has
a diameter of about 60 feet and that to the
East about 10 feet more. Both have been
excavated (see notes). After my inspection
I found my way over the moor to Rutherford’s
Cairn about 1 mile to the N.W. [North West]. On it was a
beacon but the cairn appeared to me to be
merely a natural outcrop. It is not marked
as an Antiquity on the maps. This has
been a glorious day – with bright sunshine
and a tempering breeze. My walk over the
moor and my bicycle ride in the forenoon,
were most exhilarating. The bloom of the heather
is gone and the brackens have turned a
rusty red. They tell me Black game are in:
:creasing here and Sir Henry Smith told me
same about them at Muselee.

Oct. 7? 1908.
Have been accommodated in Lady John’s room
& passed the night in a huge four poster. The

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