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Transcriber's notes

The two photographs appear as Fig. 17 and 19 in the 'Fifth Report and Inventory of Monuments and Constructions in Galloway, Volume 2, County of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright' (1914)

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[Opposite page 2 x photographs inserted]

by four concentric rings and the other by
five. Instead of a radial groove running
from the central cup the ordinary style has
been reversed and a tongue has been left
passing outward between the open ends of the
rings. In each case the direction of the
opening is the same. (Rubbing & Photo) ( Mr. Coles' drawing of
this stone is inaccurate.). The other
stone is a squarish block. measuring 3' x 3'.4"
sculptured with very various designs, brought
from Auchenlarie many years ago and
illustrated by Sir J. Y. Simpson. (See photo )

[Margin] Crosses.

Some 20' to the Northward of the present position
of the sculptured stones stand the two sculptured
standing stones brought from the stone circle
on High Auchenlarie. The crosses are
both picked out & may be described from
my photos, Stuarts Sculptured stones, or the
Early Christ. Mons. [Christian Monuments (of Scotland)]. One stone measures 5'.9"
by 1'.4" by 11". the other 5'.8" by 12" x 12".

[Margin] Lower Laggan Cottage.

At Lower Laggan Cottage, situated on the
S. [South] side of the road from Creetown to Gatehouse
about 1/4 m. [mile] beyond the 13th. milestone from Newton
Stewart there are preserved broken in three pieces of a thin angular block
of whinstone measuring 2' x 1'.6". found built
into a dyke on Upper Laggan Hill and sculptured

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