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Lauriston, Liddesdale, presented by Mr J. Barbour, who also 

 presented from Mr Dinwiddie of Kirkmahoe an old coin found 

 there. 



Exhibits. — Mr Andson exliibited some old coins belonging to 

 Miss M'Cracken. 



Communications. 



1. The Standing Stones of the Stewartry. 



By Mr Frederick R. Coles, Corr. Mem. Soc. Ant. Scot. 



To make an intelligent record of the Standing Stones of any 

 district we must naturally begin by dividing all the known stones 

 into typical groups. It will be found that four .strongly-marked 

 groups comprise the specimens to be treated of in the present 

 paper — 1st Group, Boulders ; 2nd Group, Unsculptured Slabs ; 

 3rd Group, Sculptured Stones ; 4th Group, Holed Stones. On 

 investigation we shall notice points of interest attaching in 

 varying degree to all these different types. 



1st Group — Boulders. 



1. Close to Glenlochar road turn on Barncrosh, Tongland, 

 stands a great stone at the height of 150 feet above sea level. 

 It is a rude rounded mass of whinstone, measuring 5 feet -3 inches 

 by 4 feet. It may possibly commemorate the Battle of Druim 

 Beate {circa 1340). 



2. Teei^uck Stone. — Such is the name on the O.M. given to a 

 huge pyramidal block of granite, 12 feet high by 8 broad, on a 

 ridge of granite-strewn hillside above the keeper's house at 

 Marbroy, Colvend. Even in the midst of the myriads of blocks 

 all around this great stone is conspicuous, and the fact of its 

 bearing so peculiar a name (cf. Irish Gaelic, C'heepock, once in 

 common use in Galloway) is certainly remarkable. 



3. Bruce's Stone, Moss Raploch, in Kelis parish, at 600 feet 

 above sea level. It is said that against this stone the Bruce 

 rested after the battle at Craigencallie in 1 307-8. I am aware 

 that near Blackerne, and on the march between Buittle and 

 Crossmichael, there is a so-called standing stone — an insignificant 

 block of whin — but in spite of its having been preserved in situ 

 by the late Rev. Mr Grant, of Buittle, it is doubtful if this stone 

 be anything more than a march stone. 



