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24" July 1912
Took motor to meet MacGibbon at Caerlaverock
Castle calling on the way to look at the
Ruthwell Cross. The history of the
cross and the interpretation of its runic
inscription is one of the romances of Archae:
:ology and is fully related by Sir Herbert Max:
:well in his History of Dumfries & Galloway.
He there also refers to the Brow Well which
must be noted in the Inventory
At the end of the S [South] aisle in Ruthwell church
beneath a window to the memory of the Earl
of Mansfield is a coat of arms on a bordered
panel blazoned thus Quarterly 1st. and 4th.
3 mullets within a bordure flory counter flory
2nd. and 3rd. 3 crosses - Supporters on each side
a hound. over all a viscounts coronet
Motto. Spero Meliora Crest a stag's head
with a cross between the horns. At base the
date 1687.
On the keystone of the arch of a recess beneath
is a shield charged with 3 mullets within
a double bordure flory.
Tombs
To the E [East] of the S. [South] end of the church is a
richly carved slab. I fancy described
somewhere by Dr [Doctor] Christison, inscribed "Hic
jaćet Gilbertus Conder. He was factor to

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