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Lauriston, Liddesdale, presented by Mr J. Barbour, who also 
presented from Mr Dinwiddie of Kirkmahoe an old coin found 
there. 
Exhibits.— Mr Andson exhibited some old coins belonging to 
Miss M‘Cracken. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
1. The Standing Stones of the Stewartry. 
By Mr Freperick R. Cones, Corr. Mem. Soc. Ant. Scot. 
To make an intelligent record of the Standing Stones of any 
district we must naturally begin by dividing all the known stones 
into typical groups. It will be found that four strongly-marked 
groups comprise the specimens to be treated of in the present 
paper—Ist Group, Boulders ; 2nd Group, Unsculptured Slabs ; 
3rd Group, Sculptured Stones ; 4th Group, Holed Stones. On 
investigation we shall notice points of interest attaching in 
varying degree to all these different types. 
lst Grourp—BouLDErs. 
1. Close to Glenlochar road turn on Barncrosh, Tongland, 
stands a great stone at the height of 150 feet above sea level. 
It is a rude rounded mass of whinstone, measuring 5 feet 3 inches 
by 4 feet. It may possibly commemorate the Battle of Druam 
Beate (circa 1340). 
2. Teepuck Stone.—Such is the name on the O.M. given to a 
huge pyramidal block of granite, 12 feet high by 8 broad, on a 
ridge of granite-strewn hillside above the keeper’s house at 
Marbroy, Colvend. Even in the midst of the myriads of blocks 
all around this great stone is conspicuous, and the fact of its 
bearing so peculiar a name (cf. Irish Gaelic, Cheepock, once in 
common use in Galloway) is certainly remarkable. 
3. Bruce's Stone, Moss Raploch, in Kells parish, at 600 feet 
above sea level. It is said that against this stone the Bruce 
rested after the battle at Craigencallie in 1307-8. I am aware 
that near Blackerne, and on the march between Buittle and 
Crossmichael, there is a so-called standing stone—an insignificant 
block of whin—but in spite of its having been preserved in situ 
by the late Rev. Mr Grant, of Buittle, it is doubtful if this stone 
be anything more than a march stone. 
