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breadth of 7 ft. [feet]
Cairn. Remains of
On Glengenny Moor at an elevation of some
880 ft. [feet] are the remains of a large cairn. From
E [East] to W [West] it has measured some 86 ft. [feet] and from N [North] to S [South]
94 ft. [feet]: its elevation is now about 3 ft. [feet]. There is
no evidence that the interment has been disturbed.
Small Cairns Eliock
On the moor about 1 mile due S [South] of Eliock House
on both sides of the Deils Dyke and close to it
is a group of some 15 to 20 small cairns.
No hut circles are visible among them. The
altitude at which they occur is between 800 and
900 ft. [feet] over sea level.
9th May 1913
Train to Sanquhar where we hired a trap.
Called at the manse to see a cairn said to
exist behind it. There is a large natural
mound on the summit of which there may
formerly have been a cairn but it is no longer
there. The Minister Mr Wood has a large
collection of church tokens & among them
was a lead seal of the Abbey of Kilwinning.
Obv [Obverse] a virgin & child. Res [Reverse] a bishop holding
his crozier. The legend on former in black
letter. S. Domini Abbatis conventus Monasterii
de Kylwyngn - on the latter in English lettering
S. Communi capituli Monasterii de Kilwynyng.
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