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head is placed upon a shouldered incised
stem occupying the breadth of the stone 1'.7½"
which has been enriched with an ornament
of triangular bosses produced by a series
of vertical and diagonal grooves. On
the back of the stone which is slightly
convex is a tall Latin Cross with a shaft
3'.9" in length. The whole height of
the stone above ground is 5'. The background
has been reduced with a pick. (Photo & rubbing.)

[Margin] Cup Marked stone. Kirkclaugh.

Built into the washing shed at the stables
at Kirkclaugh on the interior of the N. [North]
wall just below the roof is a fragmentary slab
of red sandstone measuring across the
centre some 7" by 16" on which are a
number of cup & ring marks of unusual design
and all connected with one another by grooves
( see rubbing.)

[Margin] Cup Marked Rock. Mossyard.

In a field adjoining the shore about (?) 1/4 m. [mile]
WSW. [West South West] of Mossyard farm at a point where a
stile leads over the field wall to the rocks is
a narrow wedge shaped mass of rock some
6' in length sculptured on its flat upper surface.
At its broad end is a single cup surrounded
by five concentric rings and having a
groove leading out of it towards the E [East]. From the outer

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ring on S [South] side two adjacent parallel grooves
pass at right angles to the edge of the rock and
reappear for a short distance at the edge some 12"
higher up the stone while at the N. [North] side of the
figure opposite the point of departure possibly the
return of one of the groove is apparent entering the
outer ring near its termination and some 4"
higher there is a slight indication of the junction
of the other. The remains suggest that the princi:
:pal cup & ring marking has originally been con:
:tained within a double oval now destroyed by
the fracturing of the stone. (Photo & rubbing )
On two flat outcropping surfaces to the
NE . [North East] appear some other very faint figures.

[Margin] Newton Standing Stones

In a grass field about 1/2 m [mile] SW. [South West] of Newton
is a group of four pillars forming an oblong
rectangular figure measuring some 7' by 3'. Two
of the pillars remain vertical One at the NE [North East] measuring
4'.11" in height 1'.7" in breadth and 10" in thickness

[Margin] 96° Mag [Magnetic]
[Margin - sketch inserted of plan of Standing Stones]

the other at the SE. [South East] end is 5'.4" in height, 1'.5"
in breadth and 10" in thickness , of the remaining
pillars one is slightly tilted and the other
lies at an angle of about 45° to the ground.
The ends between the pillars are closed by
low slabs 2'.3" and 2'.8" in breadth the highest
of which protrudes about 1'.8" above ground.

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