18 Trrinfsacfiovs. 



smaller streams, Barilristano, Aiichinlarie, and Laggan, contribute 

 their share to the features of the liillsides in thf midst. 



You will see from the map that the Archaeological interest 

 of this area is almost confined, concentrated as it were, to 

 tlie South-middle [)ortion of it. Here, indeed, we find no less 

 than ten separate localities interesting in themselves, and full of 

 value and use to us as clues, possibly, to the solution of those 

 mysterious symbols, " Cup and Ringmarks." Just outside of 

 this smaller area, and to the west of Kirkdale Burn, we find still 

 another, and as far as tradition goes, a specially interesting relic 

 in Cairiiholy, tlie cromlech supposed to mark the grave of the 

 first King of Galloway. While about one mile to the North of 

 Cairn Harrow summit, near the Cauldside Burn, are tlie Tivinuli 

 and Stone Circle before described by me, and of which there is no 

 breath of report or tradition whatsoever. 



Leaving for the present these two distant vestiges out of 

 consideration, and beginning close on the very clifis, we shall 

 first notice Kirkclaugh Moat — a notable structure. From the 

 beacli of boulders at its base to its summit thei'e are abundant 

 proofs of the strength and guarded importance of this Moat. 

 First, in the lengths of loose masonry lying, now all moss-grown 

 and half hid in luxuriant wild flowers, in confusion, but still 

 evidently once 2>laced in a straight line from the sea landward in 

 a N.E. direction for some five and thirty yards, then the wall 

 takes a sharp turn E. for 22 yards. At this point, being some 

 16 feet or so above high water mark, it is met by the remains of 

 other walls at right angles, one on each side, from the natural 

 cliff' on the one side and the partly built mound of the Moat 

 slope on the other. By this the trench proper is quite evident, 

 and can be traced round to the east of the Moat for a long 

 curve, interrupted once by one of the cross ramparts. 



The side of the Moat here is very rocky and very steep. Fol- 

 lowing the trench we reach the cross rampart at A, which leads 

 us on to the higher and broader one at B, and so to the Moat 

 summit The large irregular flat space on the N. and W. of the 

 Moat proper is evidently artificial, and may correspond in a sense 

 to the Case-court of an English Moat. The dimensions of the 

 Moat are ninety feet by sixty — the longest facet, that running 

 N. and S., being 48 feet. Its slopes measure 36 feet down to the 

 trenches, but on the seaward side this is much steeper and deeper, 



