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The Tarras Water
14" July 1912 AM

of the hottest days I have been out on; all
day long I roamed over hills without a particle
of shade and thankful I was for a cup of
tea at 6-30 from a kindly farmer at
Tanlawhill before starting on a 12 mile
bicycle ride back to Longwood where I am
staying with Mr. Miesegaes.
On Sunday 14th with my host I walked and
motored to "Cairn and Standing stone" far
out on the moor to the S [South] of Tinnis Hill on the
Roxburghshire March. There is at the
spot some naturally deposited fragments of
rock but of "Cairn and Standing stone" never
a trace! The heat was intense!

16" July 1912
Enclosure Old Irvine Langholm Par [Parish]
This enclosure is situated about 1/2 m [mile] to the
N.N.W. [North North West] of Old Irvine on the S.E. [South East] flank of Burian
or Birren Hill, at an elevation of some 570 ft [feet]
over sea level. It is oblong in form with
rounded ends, set with its main axis N W [North West] to S E [South East]
measuring some 190 ft [feet] by 110 ft [feet] in the interior.
and surrounded by a stony bank now reduced
to a low level with a steep ramp on the
upper side produced by the excavation of
the interior. The interior has been divided
into two areas of unequal size and different
level by a cross bank, of which the upper and larger

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