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oblong enclosure measuring some 32' by 12'.
The position of the entrance is uncertain.

Ervie
On enquiry at the post office I could find no
information about the rock-hewn grave mentioned
by Mr. Wilson as at Ervie Farm and on learning
that there were four or five farms at Ervie,
High, Low, &c &c. I did not think it worth
wasting time over.

Corsewall
The church noted on the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] at Corsewall is
really a burial aisle. The site of the old
church is quite apparent nearby.

[Opposite page - photograph inserted]

Cross Corsewall.
Situated in the Garden to the E. [East] of Corsewall
House is a fine celtic cross slab sculptured on
both faces the description of which may be
taken from the "Sculptured stones &c."
In height it measures 5'.4", in breadth 1'.7"
at base and 1'.10" at the top while its average
thickness is 10". I got a photograph of the
front, but the back which shows a double
crucifixion one above the other, with the
legs uncrossed was too much in shadow.

St. Columba's Well.
Adjacent to the entrance to the grave yard
within the grounds of Corsewall house is
as well said to be dedicated to St. Columba, covered by a structure of comparatively
modern date.

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