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appeared to me to be merely a fractured boulder
the fractured face of which had been worn smooth
by nature. It would no doubt make an excellent
substitute for the stone bench to be seen at every
cottage door in Galloway.

Dalry Par. [Parish] Corriedhu Cairn
In the angle formed by the meeting of two
dykes about 1/4 m. [mile] NNE [North North East] of the road bridge
at Corriedou on the road between Dalry and
Moniaive and about 200 yds. [yards] back from the
road stands a large & conspicuous cairn,
measuring 12' in elevation to the base of the
modern beacon which surmounts it. In
the past it has been to a considerable extent
despoiled for stones but the bulk of it still
remains. In diameter when complete it
has measured 92' from N. to S. [North to South] and 104' from
E. to W. [East to West]. A legend of
how the first Gordon of Kenmure killed
a famous wild boar & so obtained his
name & property is attached to this cairn
which is said to mark the site of the deed.

Dalry Par. [Dalry Parish] Holed Stone Lochrinnie
On the crest of a hill which lies along the left
bank of the Blackmark Burn and about
to the S.W. [South West] of the junction of that stream with
the Minnygryle Burn stands a holed stone
the upper part of which across the perforations

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