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to Closeburn, where it disappears on Auchencairn hill, at an 

 altitude of about eleven hundred feet. In Upper Nithsdale 

 it crosses the hillside along the west side of the valley, passing 

 through the farms of Cairn, Barr, Drumbuie, Southmains, 

 Craigdarroch, and Burnfoot. I3isappearing at the latter 

 point, it comes into view again in the parish of Durisdeer, mid- 

 way up the hills that form the two sides of the Wall Pass 

 just above the village ; and it is traced down the valley through 

 the farms of Burn, Townhead, and Auchencairn. The gener- 

 ally accepted theory is that it was a long fence marking a 

 tribal boundary ; and colour is given to that view by the fact 

 that a small stream, the Eliock Burn, has apparently been 

 utilised to indicate the boundary line for part of the way. 

 On the farm of Southmains attention was directed to earth- 

 works, forming an ancient camp, one of 250 that have been 

 noted in the county. The central space in this one has a 

 diameter of roughly 80 feet. The enclosing fosse is still 

 strongly in evidence on two sides. A smaller camp, in the 

 Wall Pass at Durisdeer, is also in close proximity to the Deil's 

 Dyke. 



The party was reunited on the road at Southmains Farm, 

 and drove into Sanquhar. 



After tea in the Town Hall, at which Provost Tweddel 

 presided, and who was thanked by Mr William Dickie, Hon. 

 Vice-President, for his welcome, the company spent a short 

 time visiting the churchyard and other places in the town. 

 The excursion was one of the most pleasant ever enjoyed by 

 the Society. For fuller reports vide Dumfries and Galloway 

 Sfavdard, July 13, 191 2, and Dumfries and Galloway Courier 

 and Herald, July 10, 1912. 



Craigdarroch (Sanquhar) Tumuli and others. 



By Mr William Dickie, Hon. V.-P. 



The groups of burial cairns on the Eliock estate, which 

 members of the Antiquarian Society visited on Saturday, 6th 

 July, are of a type which are found scattered on the hills in 

 many parts both of Scotland and England. Attention has 

 been called on former occasions to their existence in the Nith 



