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is a square compartment containing carvings
in relief. That at the upper end is a skeleton re:
:presenting Death holding in his right hand a
bell and in his left an hour glass, while
that at the lower end shows within a rope

[Margin] an extremely rare emblem in Scottish grave-slabs

moulding a pelican pecking her breast to feed her
young emblematic of the church.
A few feet to the S. [South] lies another slab also
probably of late 17th century date measuring
6'.3" by 2'.4". Beneath the inscription and at
the base is carved on one side a skeleton,
representing death ,holding in its ? right hand
an open book with an hour glass above
and a bell below ,while on the opposite
side is a coffin surmounted by a skull.

W. [West] Barcloy Fort.
The land which bounds the estuary of the
Urr on the E [East] terminates at the open water of
the Solway in a promontory rising some [--] ft. [feet]
above sea level, and some ?25' above the almost
level ground which stretches Northward from its
base in the direction of Rockcliffe. Except
to landward the cliffs of the promontory are
steep all round. On this site a fort has
been constructed by tracing in a curve
Across the land at its base, a trench some
23' ft [feet] in width from crest to crest, and 6' & 4'

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