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commemorates Gavin Smith in Birsca
and his spouse who died February 17 day,
1710.
On a mound in the centre of the churchyard
evidently covering the ruins of the church
lies a squared block of freestone measuring
6 ft. [feet] 5 1/2 ins. [inches] in length, 9 ins. [inches] thickness 1 ft.[foot] 11 ins. [inches] in
breadth at the head, diminishing to 1 ft. [foot] 6 ins. [inches] at the
foot, whereon is carved a foliated cross in
the form of a cross potent with a lozenge shaped
boss in the centre, with a long shaft set on
a calvary. A broad bladed symmetrically
pointed sword is incised on one side of
the shaft the handle of which is entirely worn
away. The cross is carved in relief but is
much weatered. The edge of the stone has
a border of projecting ? dog toothed bosses 6 ins. [inches] apart
rising from a 4 ins. [inch] chamfer the interspaces
on the chamfer decorated with a leaf ornament.

Fort. remains. Corrie common.
About 1/2 m. [mile] to the W. [West] of Corrie Common
and 1/4 m. [mile] E [East] by S. [South] of Parkcleuchfoot is a
segment of a curvilinear fort outside a
wood measing [measuring] along the curve some 240' in length. It has apparently rested on a
steep bank on the N. [North] side of a lynn but
beyond the segment in the rough pasture no
trace remains. The existing portion

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