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place in the old Churchyard, where, in the course of time, its fine 
incised work will become gradually but assuredly undecipherable. 
The stone is a rudely trimmed rectangular block of porphyry (?), 
standing 2 feet 104 inches above ground, and measuring 84 inches 
at the base, and 8, 6, and 34 inches at the top. The design is 
remarkably fine, having a bird, Celtic cross, pattée, and two 
panels of Celtic ornament below—this side now faces the west ; a 
very vague and much spoilt design is on the east side ; while that 
facing south bears a design having resemblance to a female 
figure, and the north face is unsculptured. The edge of the north- 
east side seems to bear some ornament also, but much disfigured 
through exposure. Taken altogether, this small but beautifully- 
carved monolith is certainly one of our most precious relics of the 
Celtic sculptured stones, if, indeed, it be not absolutely unique ; 
and it is worthy of a much safer abode than the open and damp 
precincts of the little kirkyard where it happens at present to be 
deposited. 
4TH Grourp—Ho.uep STongEs. 
1. Of this type, I have as yet been able to note but one. Its 
site is interesting, far away among the hills beyond Loch Urr, 
and close to a remarkable structure called Lochrinnie Mote. The 
stone occupies the crown of a somewhat pyramidal hill about 300 
yards west of the Mote, and much higher. It is a thin, broad 
slab of hard blue whinstone, and stands 3 feet 2 inches above 
ground, 2 feet 6 inches wide and 6 inches thick. It is placed 
not precisely east and west (breadthways), but so as to allow the 
hole to be exactly north and south, the hole having been drilled 
rather obliquely. The hole is about four inches in diameter, and 
has been, to judge only from its present mutilated condition, 
nearly circular. Around The Ho/ed Stone, and at radii differing 
from 45 to 120 feet, are several stones, some fairly prominent, 
others prostrate. These are 10 in number, and between the two 
on the north-west arc is a small heap of stones. The circum: 
ference is 585 feet. 
In Lands and their Owners, Mr M‘Kerlie mentions two 
standing stones south-east of Lochrutton Kirk; but, after a 
personal examination of the probable locality and due inquiries 
from persons likely to know, I have not been able to obtain any 
information about these. The Ordnance Map 6-inch scale also 
shows a Machermore Stone in Kirkmabreck on the bank of the 
