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and the sea. The sea washed away both road, bank, and 

 part of the mound, and so exposed the kists in the latter. 

 The account that we collected was that there were formerly 

 three kists all placed in line with that now partly existing, 

 the ends pointing to the sea. They all had bones in them 

 when discovered, but they were mixed with sand and gravel, 

 and as the workpeople expressed it when exposed " They 

 went to meal." The part of the kist at present standing 

 has the sides formed of strong sandstone flags, six inches 

 thick, placed on edge ; the width inside is about two feet 

 and the top is covered with a flag three feet broad ; the 

 depth from the cover to the lower edge of the side flags is 

 little more than two feet. When this remaining kist was 

 discovered there was upon the north side a small hole 

 formed of four flags not more than a foot square and about 

 eighteen inches deep. There was no cover upon the top 

 and it was filled with small pieces of bone. Over these two 

 there was a mound of loose stones as if an artificial cairn 

 had been made over all, and there is reason to believe that 

 this was also carried over the other graves which have now 

 disappeared. 



Upon a mound nearer Newbie House the kist opened 

 last year remained as left. It may be remembered that on 

 removing the covering last year pottery with herring bone 

 pattern was found here. The form of this kist when opened 

 was irregular ; it is placed east and west, the width at the 

 east end being two feet four inches, at the west only one foot 

 two ; but the flags — about four inches thick — appear to have 

 been moved, and the kist most probably was originally 

 square. The depth was about one foot ten inches, and the 

 whole was covered by an irregularly shaped flag. Though 

 searched for no other graves were found upon this or the 

 adjoining mounds. 



After as far as possible satisfying themselves that no- 

 thing farther would be found here, the party proceeded 

 to the ridge at Annan Waterfoot on which the light- 

 house is placed and where human bones were said to be 



