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similar boulder lying displaced beside it
There is said to have been in former times a
croft here called Croft an sigh.
I must look up Gordon Fraser's book & see
if there is any reference.
Arrived in Wigtown I called on Mr. Maclean the
lawyer to endeavour to get the Torhousekie circle
offered to the office of works for its preservation.
He was in London for the coronation but his
deputy seemed to think the matter a simple one.
I next visited Mr. Lawson the parish minister
to get his assistance in the churchyard.
Not knowing much about it being new to the
parish he brought the provost Dr. [Doctor] Shaw to his
assistance.
Along the W. [West] side of the graveyard are a
number of old slabs chiefly of whinstone
with dates early in the 17th century and
beside the year bearing seldom more than
initials. I made rubbings of several.
No.I [1]. dated 1601 - 2' in height above ground.
1' broad & 2" thick - near the N. [North] side at upper
end. A grey whinstone.
No. II [2] dated 1620 - Initials IMK. . 4'.10" long & 1'.7" broad
near centre of churchyard on W. [West] side.
No. III [3] Grey whin slab - dated 1619. 5' long. 1'.2" wide

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