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placed on the 1" map if this is the object
meant. There is a hole into which field rubbish
stones etc. are thrown where the map
indicates it. A cairn may have existed here but nothing of it remains

[Margin]
Omit
Hand bell
Watten Manse.

There is preserved at Watten Manse an
ancient hand bell very similar to that in the Manse of Cockburnspath, Benwickshire
only having the inscription more rudely cast.
It has apparently been cast with the handle
in one piece but the latter, except the bell metal
knob which surmounts it, is now sheathed
in a thick coating of lead, or solder, to strengthen
it. The height of the bell itself is 5" and
of the handle 3 1/2". Diameter at mouth
5 7/8"- circumference at shoulder 11 1/2". The
tongue and iron hook from which it is sus:
:pended are both of iron and appear to be
of later date than the bell itself. Around
the bell, very roughly cast is the following
inscription. IC. VATIN. 1661.

[Margin] Watten Manse.

On a piece of moorland about 1/4 m. [mile] N by W [North by West]
of Watten Mamse is a grassy mound
which has been evidently to a considerable
degree removed. Near the centre is a
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