184 Anderson's Protocol Book. 



The Lochmabengate gallows (No. 47) were almost cer- 

 tainly upon the hill at the juncture of the Moffat and Lockerbie 

 Roads. The former was known as the Gallows Close. There 

 seems to have been another place of execution on the south 

 side of the town, at least, we have the names Flosh-gallows 

 and Flosh-gallow-rig. In Troqueer the gallows were upon a 

 hill between the Dalbeattie and Castle-Douglas roads. The 

 house called Suffolk Hill is on the Gallowhill. 



The Piesshill (No. 43) appears to have been one of the 

 low hills on the south side of the Lockerbie Road. It is 

 mentioned in conjunction with the Punnershill, on which 

 stands " Birkhill " House, and also as bounding the Gallow- 

 field, and possibly " Larkfield " House may be upon it. 



The vicarage lands (No. 46) lying near the Kirkland Moat 

 (a small round fort) comprised the present Dumfries Cemetery 

 and two adjacent enclosures, one of which bears the name of 

 Kirkland Moat and belongs to Moorheads' Hospital. 



Mr J. C. R. Macdonald has kindly revised the foregoing 

 topographical notes and rendered them much more conclusive 

 than they otherwise would have been. 



The Protocol Book. 



Jesus maria Amen per hoc [ ] 



Liber prochogollorum herberti Andersoun-com- 

 morantis in Drumfres, notarii, etc., Incipiens 

 primo die mensis maij. Anno domini millessimo 

 quingentessimo xli<^. 



Dunbar. 

 Instrument narrating that Alexander Gordoun in Ardis 

 in name and on the part of Janet Dunbar, lady Partoun, made 

 the following declaration : — " Schir notar heir that Janot 

 Dunbar ladie Partoun hes fulfillit hir husbandis testament in 

 presence of Edward Maxwell [ ]* testamenter, and 



yat scho hes presentit all guids movabill contenit in ye said 



* The words which these contractions represent have not been 

 determined with certainty; see Introduction. 



