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it lies a grassy area some
50' in average width.

Construction South Cairn Farm.
On the N. [North] end of the hill which rises to an
elevation of 205' above sea level to the N. [North] of
South Cairn Farm and about 1/2 m. [mile] distant
from it are the indefinite remains of a
construction marked "cairn" on the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] map.
There are a number of small depressions
and ridges which appear to be the remains
of walls over it and towards the S. [South] there
is a hollow with a diameter of about 35'.
It is more probably the site of a small de:
:fensive enclosure than of a cairn.
I found a trench dug into this construction
for a distance of 20' or thereby in lines of a right
angle and the farmer at North Cairn informed
me on enquiry that it was done recently by a
treasure seeker named Beckett who said
he got 30/- [£30.0.0] worth of flints &c. out of it. At the
end of the trench there were just exposed a
quantity of animal bones. I have reported
this digging to Mr. Hew Dalrymple. Beckett is
employed by Mann who is consequently to
some extent responsible for this most
undesirable style of treasure seeking.
Still glorious weather. We returned to Stranraer

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