Field Meetings. 161 
CRAIGDARROCH AND BakJsarG.—dth July, 1884. 
_ The third Field Meeting of the session was held on the 5th 
July, when a party of twenty-five met at the Fountain at nine 
o'clock to take part in it. Soon after the appointed hour they 
drove off in two waggonettes by way of Dunscore and Moniaive, 
intending to visit the places of interest en route. The first halt 
was made at Holywood, to allow the members to visit the so-called 
Druidical Circle on the farm of Kilness. Among the party was 
the Rev. Mr Lucas, F.S.A., London, who has given special atten- 
tion to the subject of standing stones and their markings. There 
are eleven stones yet standing, and as to how they came there, 
and the objects they served, there were various opinions and 
doubts expressed. The largest stone was estimated to weigh 
about 12 tons, the next largest 9 tons, and the smallest between 
2 and 3 tons. Leaving the Druidical Circle, the party resumed 
their journey, passing through Dunscore Village, and enjoying 
the picturesque scenery of the charming valley of the Cairn. At 
the lower end of the parish of Glencairn, Dr Gilchrist directed 
the attention of the party to the channel of the river Cairn, as 
that river has unmistakably changed its course at a not very 
distant date. He pointed out the old course, and suggested that 
a lake then covered the hollow, which to-day is fertile fields. 
Proceeding further the party reached “‘ Maxwelton Braes,” which 
were as “bonnie” and as attractive as ever. Further along the 
road a halt was made to inspect a stone with the name of William 
Smith upon it. It is supposed to mark the spot where a 
Covenanter of that name was massacred, and who was buried in 
Tynron Churchyard. Another stone in that Churchyard bears 
the following inscription :— 
“<T, William Smith. now here do ly, 
Once martyred for Christ’s verity ; 
Douglas of Stenhouse, Laurie of Maxwelton 
Caused Coronet Baillie give me martyrdom. 
What cruelty, they to my corpse then used 
Living may judge—me burial they refused.” 
In Glencairn Churchyard there are four martyrs—John Gibson, 
_ James Bennoch, Robert Edgar, and Robert Mitchell—buried ; 
but time would not permit the party to inspect the stones raised 
to their memory. 
On arriving at Moniaive, the old market cross, which was 
erected there in 1638, was visited, and also a monument 
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