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Transcriber's notes

line 16 - missing direction is East North East
line 17 - missing direction is West South West
line 20 - 'On' seems to have been scored out and 'o'? written above. The missing direction is South East
(see the 'Fifth Report and Inventory of Monuments and Constructions in Galloway, Volume 2, County of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright' (1914)).

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the site of Kirkmabreck Church up a steep hill
and about 1 m. [mile] back from the shore road.

[Margin] Standing Stone Bagbie.

On the summit of a broad flat topped
ridge between the Kirkbride and Carsluith
Burns and some 3/4 m. [mile] to the North of the
farm of Bagbie is an upright slab of schistose
stone 5'.5" in height above ground, 3'.3" in breadth
at base, 2' in breadth at top and 1' thick, facing
E. [East] and W [West].

[Margin] Cairn and Stone Setting

Some ?250 yds. [yards] to the E. [East] of the Standing stone of
Bagbie some 50 yds. [yards] beyond the field dyke
into the moorland is a circular cairn of low elevation (about 3')
and overgrown with turf measuring some
40' in diameter. Near the centre is exposed
the upper surface of a flat slab and towards
the edge of the cairn at 10'.6" to the __ and
10'.9" to the __ there project to a height of 1'.8"
and 1'.3" respectively facing
each other two flat stones measuring 1'.8" and
1'.6" across. On the __ quadrant of
the cairn are placed six stones, squarish
in section measuring about 2' across each
face and the highest standing about
2'.6" above ground. The significance of
these stones is not apparent and they are
probably a remnant of some associated

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