84 FOKTS IN ESKDx\LEMUrii. 



Tliose I refer to are well-known, and have been already 

 alluded to by Mr Dick. But tliere is one on the farm of Whit- 

 castles, in the Parish of Ilutton and Corrie, which, I believe, has 

 never yet been recorded, and I think it is well that 1 should 

 bring it to the notice of this Meeting-. 



I heard of it incidentally from one of the Sappers engaged 

 in revising the old O.S. Maps ; and I went at once to inspect it, 

 and found it was a good example of such remains. It is situated 

 close to the side of a path leading from "Whitcastles to Cowburn, 

 and is, I should say, about two or three hundred yards east from 

 a stream called Boath's Burn. It consists to-day of nine large 

 stones only, all prostrate, but from the irregular and at parts 

 wide spacing, I think there may have been others removed ; one 

 certahily has been, as evidenced by the hollow in the ground 

 where it had lain. 



I made minute measurements of the circle and individual 

 stones, the result of which is as follows : — 



The two largest stones lie opposite to each other in a line 

 due north and south, the one to the north is the larger, and 

 measures 7 ft. 9 ins. by 5 ft. 5 ins. by 3 ft. 2 ins , the one to the 

 south is 7 ft. 3 ins. by 3 ft. 5 ins. by 2 ft. 4 ins. The diameter of 

 the circle from north to south is 141 ft. G ins., and from east to 

 west 180 ft. 



The dimensions of the other stones are : — 



5 ft. 5 ins. by 3 ft. G ins. by 1 ft. 3 ins. 

 5 ft. 9 ins. by 3 ft. ins. by 1 ft. 9 ins. 

 ft. ins. by 3 ft. ins. by 1 ft. 11 ins. 

 7 ft. 4 ins. by 2 ft. G ins. by 2 ft. ins. 



4 ft. G ins. by 3 ft. 2 ins. by 1 ft. 9 ins. 

 G ft. 9 ins. by G ft. 3 ins. by 2 ft. ins. 



5 ft. ins. by 4 ft. ins. by 2 ft. 3 ins. 



I produce a sample of the kind of stone usei for the circle, 

 and I need scarcely say it was chipped, not from one of the circle 

 stones, but from a boulder of the same geological formation 

 lying close by. It is extremely hard, and as these boulders have 

 smooth surfaces, I had great difficulty in securing a specimen, 

 with the only tool I had with me, viz., an ortlinary carpenter's 

 driving hammer. 



Mr J. Gr. Goodchild, Curator of the Geological Survey Col- 

 lections in the Museum of Science and Art, Edinburgh, tells me 



