FIELD MEETINGS. 



SOtJi 3Iay. —Eslnlaletiiuir. 



The start was made first to Lockerbie by rail, when about 

 twenty members turned up to take part in the expedition. At 

 Lockerbie the party was joined by Dr Macdonald, vice-president 

 of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and Mr Cunningham, 

 C.E., its treasurer, who had come from Edinburgh for the purpose. 

 From Lockerbie a large drag was engaged to convey the excur- 

 sionists to Eaeburnfoot, in the immediate vicinity of which the 

 Roman camp is situated. The route taken was up the valley of 

 the Dryfe for a considerable part of the distance. The first object 

 of antiquarian interest which attracted attention was a carved 

 stone over the doorway of a cottage at Berryscaur. This stone 

 was said to have been brought from some old castle in the 

 vicinity, but tradition did not give it a name. There was engraved 

 upon it from left to right first a St. Andrew's Cross, then a holly 

 leaf, and next the Koyal Arms of Scotland, followed by the letters 

 A,B. The curious thing about it was that it should have been 

 marked with the Eoyal Arms, which ' seemed to point to the castle 

 from which it came having been a residence or hunting lodge of a 

 Scottish king or of some member of the royal family, although 

 this, of course, is only the pui-est conjecture. The Parish Church 

 of Eskdalemuir was at length — after a drive of nearly three hours 

 — passed ; and Raeburnfoot, a short distance beyond, at the junc- 

 tion of the Eae Water with the White Esk, where the ancient 

 camp, which was the object of inquiry, is to be found. It may be 

 mentioned, however, that between these places a monument to 

 one of the martyrs who suffered in the times of the persecution in 

 the 17th century was pointed out. His name was Hyslop, and he 

 is said to have been put to death in 1685 as a follower of the 

 Covenanters. The monument is a plain stone, with the usual 

 inscription, and is said to have been originally erected in 1702, but 

 more than once subsequently renewed. At Eaeburnfoot the party 



