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"weep not for us
Our race is run:
It was the Lord
His will be dun".
Earlier in the day I revisited Anwoth church
& again took a photo of the tablet over the
tomb of Bell of Arkland showing a man
in bed being stabbed by death.
The inscription which has either been recut or
is on a slab of later date than the rest of
the monument ruins.
"Monumentum Sepulchrale
Johannis Bell de Archlands
Pallida mors æqua pede pulsat
pauperum cabernas Regumque turres
Post orbitum benefacta manent æternaque virtus
omnia prætereunt prætur amate Deum."
I also photographed another charming stone
with winged cherub heads at the angles.
From Kirkandrews I walked Eastward
along the top of the cliffs, in a scorching
sun, over dry grassy slopes covered with
wild scyllas to a small fort beyond the Meikle
Pinnacle - a jagged outstanding mass of rock.

[Margin] Borgue Par [Parish] Fort. Doo Cave.

On the edge of high precipitous cliffs with
an elevation of about 100' & situated about

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