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folk and if one crossed them in any way he
was sure to get a fall. A woman had been
once taken away by them. She came back, but
she was never the same woman again". All
these tales he had heard from his grandfather.
My suggestion that the school boards had killed
the Picts was not favourably received!

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[Margin] "Stone Lud."
Standing Stone
(9)

Situated at the side of a stone wall on the moor:
:land about 1m. [mile] WSW. [West South West] of Bower church is a
high standing stone bearing the name of "Stone Lud"
It measures 8'.6" in height above ground, 3'.8" in
breadth at base, and about 3' in breadth near
its upper extremity and 1'.9" in thickness. It is
set facing almost ENE [East North East] and WSW [West South West] (52' E [East] and
? 232 W [West]) Some 96' to the SSE. [South South East] is another similar
stone lying prostrate which seems to have stood
in the same alignment. It measures 8'.3" in
length, 4'.10" in breadth at base, 3'.10" in breadth
at its upper end and 10" in thickness. Some
23' to the NW. [North West] of the upright stone is a small
cairn with a diameter of 26' which has been
excavated. Its elevation is now about 1'.

[Margin] Chambered Cairn.
Heathercro.
Brabster Moss.
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Situated on the end of a hill which rises to an
elevation of some 272' over sea level from the Brabster
Moss & about 1m) [mile] to the E [East] of the Free Church at Hacro is the Cairn of Heathercro. It is much
dilapidated but appears to have been a
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