6o OF STONES. 



At SbifJcn, near Cartridge, are digged up large mattes of free- 

 Hone, of a coarfe grit, with talcey fpangles, of a whitifh-brown 

 colour, accounted excellent for grind-ftones, gate-pofts, and other 

 cecomenical ufes. 



Quarries of rag-flone, fit for mill-ftones, are fcarce. The befb 

 for that ufe are on the weft fide of Elalack-burn, above a. bridge 

 of one arch, near Wyden-Eks; the ftratum nine feet thick, under. 

 it a coarfe flate, and above it nine feet of rubbifh. The mafter- 

 quarrier for every pair of mill-ftones pays to the proprietor i /. 10 s. 

 They are conveyed for. their goodnefs into remote parts of Scot- 

 land. 



Near a lake or lough in Coen-w W-foreft, three miles eaft from: 

 Knarefdale, is another mill-ftone quarry, of good efteem; the 

 ftrata appearing at the very furface. 



On Bewick-common is a mill-flone-quarry of good note ; alfo 

 one near Harlot tie ; and another near 



Above the water-fall at Tecket, near Simonburn, are huge detach- 

 ed mafles of rag, of the true mill-ftone grit, but not ufed. The 

 top of one rock has been cut into a mill-ftone form, but deferted 

 for its hardnefs. 



Nodules of fine rag, commonly called moor-ftone, lie fcattered 

 in great plenty on the brow of Calldey-Hill ; in frequent ufe 

 with countrymen for whet-ftones to give an edge to their fcithes. 



Mafles of coarfe rag, compofed of arenaceous and talcy gra- 

 nules, and quartz-pebbles, from the fiz-e of a pea to a nutmeg 

 and a walnut, lie difperfed on Fwrftone-hill, near Hexham. The 

 garden-waHs of the ra>te-convent at Hexham were built with 

 this kind of ftone. 



Large 



