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( Dal^maoIrKiarin), the bald or barren field of St Kiarin. It can 

 lie shown that the word Dailly, an Ayrshire parish, is ground 

 down from the same original. ( Fic^e Blackie. ) Auchengibbert, 

 Gilbert's field. Aicchenhrack, the spotted field. Auchenhessnane 

 (ess, watei-fall 3 essan, the diminutive), the field of little water- 

 falls (Blackie). Knockelly, Knock, Xeelaghf?) the narrow hill 

 (Joyce, 2d series). Cor/ardine, Cor means a round hill. Clack- 

 whaTiam, the stone amid the whins. Denery, Den or Dene is a 

 Saxon word meaning ivooded valley. Aird, a high place. Tor- 

 braehead, a conical hill. It was forgotten that Tor meant a hill, 

 and then Sax. hrae was added, and again to emphasize it was 

 added head ; literally hill, hill, hill. Camling, the crooked linn ; 

 the farm being named from the linn, a striking feature. Glen- 

 marlin, Merlin's glen, from the wonderfid linn. Doon or Dun, 

 was the name given to a fortified hill by the Celts. Traces of a 

 fort are yet visible on Tynron Doon. Cormilligan Bale, the hill 

 among the little smooth ones on which the bale fire or sacred fire 

 was lighted. Ajjpm, the high land. Lann, the enclosed ground. 

 Clonerea, the smooth meadow, with water on one side, and marsh 

 on the other (Blackie). 



The DeiVs Dyke West of the Dee. — Mr Brown, Drumsleet, read a 

 paper on this subject. He said there are two dykes bearing this 

 name in Galloway. The first runs from the mouth of the Cree to 

 Dee's junction with the Tarfi". It is very distinct from the second 

 in locality, and it exhibits a base uniformly six feet, and having 

 the fosse invariably on the south side. It is scarcely anywhere 

 more than three miles from the sea, which is much in view; 

 and the ruins are clearly of later date. I should set them down 

 to the date of Norseman occupation. The second dyke is the 

 direct topic of this paper, and the most that can be said of the 

 old wall is that portions of it are still visible, and its course can 

 still be traced, but it is very clear, from Train's account, that the 

 course of time has made it much less distinct than he found it. 

 It is well known to be veiy tortuous in its course, and diflicult to 

 follow, especially where it goes over soft land. In such a place it 

 is lost, and its next ground must be literally searched out 

 anxiously. The stones have in most places been completely 

 carried away; in one place the debris was left, in another the 

 foundation stones were as they had been first placed, and so con- 

 tinued for half a mile. This was a good trace. In a moss the 



