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24th August 1911
A wet day, the first we have had for
many weeks. This has been a most remarkable
summer. From the day I started work on the
5th of May we have only had two very brief
spells of broken weather. The amount of bright
sunshine has been abnormal but in this region
the heat has never been excessive. Rain is
now thoroughly welcome to help the water supply!

25th Augt [August] 1911.
Berwick Par [Parish]
Nether Linkens
Cup & ring markgs. [markings]
At the S. [South] end of a small wood situated some
[blank] yards to the north of Nether Linkens and on
the W. [West] side of the wall which separates the
cultivated land from the hill is a small
group of cup & ring markings They are
on the rounded side of a ridge of exposed rock
lying [blank]10' in length and exposed for
a height of 2', some 33' distant from the
dyke and concealed by ferns. The markings
are now very faint and difficult to discern
but in a drawing of them made by Mr.
Coles illustrated in the Proceedings of
the Soc. Ant. [Society of Antiquaries] for 1895. there are ten cup
marks each with one or more surrounding
rings. On a separate block some
5' distant from the S W [South West] end of the other is
a single symbol consisting of a cup with
five concentric rings around it.