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note to say that the committee of parliament
considering the ancient monuments bill did
not require my presence in London till Wednes:
:day so again took the car.

Durisdeer Par. [Parish] Lagdow Cairn
This object is marked on the OS. [Ordinance Survey] maps as
if it was a cairn of large dimensions and
much importance. I left the car below Kirk:
:bride and after a long and Arduous search
up & down the hillside I found it - a veritable
barrowful of stones! Later on I learned that
it is said to mark the grave of a covenanter
named "Dow" shot at the spot by "Lag". The
obvious etymology is "Lag dhu" the black
gully or hollow - a natural feature which pre:
:sents a curious rift down the hillside.
This cairn is an insignificant pile of stones
situated about 1 m. [mile] NNE [North North East] of Kirkbride farm / see
Drumlanrig & the Douglasses for its supposed origin.
At Kirkbride farm I was credibly informed that
no cairn of any size stood on the top of the
"Cairn Hill" so I did not waste time in
visiting it.

Entrenchment Durisdeer.
In lowlying land much of which in former times
was probably under water just to the N. [North] of Loch:
:side and about 1/2 m. [mile] W. [West] of Durisdeer there
rises an earthern mound set four sided

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