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Clawbelly Hill
Mounds Unnoted
At the base of Clawbelly Hill towards the
E. [East] close beside the road to Southwick Station
and about 1 1/2m. [miles] from Auchenskeoch Lodge
is a group of small domical mounds of
about 12'-15' diameter. Some of them have been
dug into but no cists are exposed.

Southwick Old Church.
To the S. [South] of the ruin of the Old church
is a recumbent stone inscribed Hic jacet
Johanes Lindsay de Main qui obiit 26 Feb. 1665
Aged 42 et Isobella McLellan ejus conjugis
quae obiit 26 Jan. 1695. Aged 78. The
stone has at the upper end a shield
bearing arms, the Lindsay chequers with a
? mascule [sketch inserted here (circled diamond)] and something that looks like
a monogram on a chief.
Adjacent to it is a small upright stone
of red sandstone 1'.7" in height by 1' in
breadth on which is carved in high relief
a human skeleton and incised on the
margin Hodie mihi Cras tibi with no
other inscription.
Within the ruined Church at its E [East] end
and against the N. [North] wall lies a coped
stone broken into three parts 6'.4" in total
length 10" in depth, 1'.8" in breadth at the
head and 1'.5" at the foot, bearing on

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