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a day on this distinctly interesting spot. It occurred to me that 
it might be a matter of some interest if I should communicate to 
this Society a few notes regarding this site, which, possibly, if 
not too distant from your sphere of action, you may yet some day 
visit in your summer excursions. Dawston Rigg is a low rounded 
hill, situated at the very head of Liddesdale, or rather in the 
water-shed that divides the source of the Liddle from that of the 
North Tyne. It is overlooked by the great mass of Peel Fell, 
the uttermost hump of the Cheviot range, and itself overlooks 
the depression through which the railway passes from Deadwater 
to Saughtrees. The highroad that crosses from Liddesdale into 
the valleys of the Rule, the Jed, and the Teviot passes the base 
of the hill on the north ; and, as I have said, the railway skirts 
it on the other or southern side. It is a wild pastoral district, 
but very pleasant on a summer day, such as that on which I 
visited the spot. Asa locality, related to the early topography 
of this island, it obviously possesses interest, from the fact that 
here the Catrail or Pict’s Work, which crosses the Scottish Low- 
lands, originating about the base of the Pentland Hills, and 
following the great water-shed between west and east, to all 
appearance terminates. It can be very distinctly traced as far 
as this spot, and can visibly be seen dipping towards the Cauldron 
Burn, which runs along the eastern base of Dawston Rigg, as if 
it were making towards Peel Fell. But it can be traced no 
further. Now, just over this ravine of the Cauldron Burn, on a 
rising ground known as Wheel Fell, the well-known Roman road, 
the Maiden Way, coming over the head of the North Tyne valley, 
crosses the hill barrier. From its local name of the Wheel Causeway 
the hill gets its name of Wheel Fell, and on its summit are still 
visible some slight ruins of a small ecclesiastical structure, known 
as Wheel Chapel, which was originally dependent on Jedburgh 
Abbey. These are not the only medieval remains, for a stone 
cross, which, in a dilapidated condition, once stood on Dawston 
Rigg, has recently been removed, and, I believe, is in the Hawick 
Antiquarian Museum. When we remember that these Roman 
roads were in early times the only safely traversible roads in the 
country, we are not surprised to find these traces of ecclesiastical 
buildings and erections along their course. And it is certain 
that this has always been regarded as an interesting locality, 
the halo of tradition surrounding it, mainly, no doubt, in conse- 
quence of its connection with events recorded by Bede. The 
