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[Opposite page - photograph and text inserted] The "Chirurgeon"
[Opposite page - photograph and text inserted] The Schoolmaster

of no particular interest, and two dating from
the first half of the 18th century showing figures
in contemporary costume carved in relief - the
one commemorating a schoolmaster from
Glencairn and the other a "Chirurgeon" from
Thornhill. I took photos of both but the
light was poor. Lying displaced on the
right of the entrance is a shield shaped
stone measuring 1'.10" in its longest diameter
bearing in letters in relief around the margin
the inscription "John Smith in Barnhill
D. JAN. 1. 1607 Age 80. On the left
of the entrance stands the socket stone of a
cross measuring 2'.2" by 1'.9" by 1'.9" with
a rectangular sinking in the centre.

Closeburn Par [Parish] Fort Trigony Wood.
At the end of a ridge which rises steeply
from the Northward overlooking Trigony
House are the remains of an oval earth:
:work It is situated within a thick fir
wood and its outline is now difficult to
follow and measurements almost unobtain:
:able. According to the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] plan
the dimensions are approximately [--]
The defence consists of a single trench
where best preserved some 13' in breadth
and now nowhere of greater depth than 2',

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