178 Notes on the Parish of Kirkgunzeon. 



places mentioned can be identified, such as " the Water of 

 Suthayk ■' (Southwick), " Bracanhirst " (Breconside), " Clochoc 

 Monachum " and " Clochoc Beg of Culvven " (that is, Cloak and 

 Little Cloak, and Stranside and Saltflat), there is so much change 

 in the names that it is impossible to trace the boundaries. 



I need not dwell on the general features of the parish. Kirk- 

 gunzeon Lane, which rises in Lochaber and joins the Urr below 

 Dalbeattie port, intersects it from north to south. Roughly 

 speaking, on the south side the rock is granite, and on the north 

 whinstone. About fifty or sixty years ago, when the stream was 

 being deepened opposite the farm of Porterbelly, .some fine fresh 

 water pearls were got from the bed of the burn. 



On the Ordnance Survey Map of 1854 a spot on the southern 

 slope of Clawbelly Hill is marked as the supposed site of Lord 

 Maxwell's cave. It was said that the Lord Maxwell, who was 

 outlawed for killing the Laird of Johnstone, hid there before 

 escaping to France. Some years ago Mr Maxwell, Terregles 

 Banks, and the writer made a careful search over the hillside, 

 but were unable to find any trace of the supposed cave. About 

 the middle of the slope there was a quantity of granite stones or 

 boulders, loosely piled together, and it is just possible that these 

 may have blocked the entrance. 



There are three round moats or camps in the parish — one 

 near the top of Camphill, close to the march between Kirkgun- 

 zeon and Urr. This camp is about 350 feet in diameter, and is 

 well preserved. On the farm of Torkirra, about three and a 

 quarter miles south from -Camphill, there is another camp, fully 

 as large. This one is not so well preserved, gravel having at 

 times been taken from it. About 580 yards north-west from 

 this camp, at the lower end of the field, there are traces of a 

 smaller moat. Thirty years ago the encircling ditch and mound 

 were distinct ; but owing to drainage operations they are now 

 somewhat obliterated. In the new Statistical Account published 

 about 1844, it is stated that on the farm of Glaisters there had 

 been a large cairn, which had been carried away for dykes, and 

 that in the bottom of the cairn a number of urns were found 

 filled with ashes, which crumbled into dust when exposed to the 

 air. 



At Barclosh and Corra are the remains of two old mansion- 

 houses of the Terregles family. A tradition has been handed 



