120 INSCRIBED RoMAN STONES oF DUMFRIESSHIRE. 
Scotica, vol. ill., Appendix, p. 92); presented to the Society of 
Antiquaries of Scotland by Dr (afterwards Sir) David Brewster in 
1810, and since in the National Museum, Edinburgh. 
A head sculptured in bas-relief, beneath which are some 
API letters of an inscription, two of them complete, 
the rest incomplete. The stone is 11 in. by 9 in. 
The statement in the Archeologia conveys at first sight the 
idea that this piece of sculpture was found on Birrenswark Hill. 
It must, however, be borne in mind that Birrens and Birrenswark 
were, and still are, very frequently confounded. ‘“ Burnswark 
[z.e., Birrenswark] Hill” is in Hoddam parish, but Birrens is in 
Middlebie. In the printed catalogue of the Museum the head 
is said to be ‘‘from Birrens,” and there can hardly be a doubt 
that this is correct. 
12. (Fig. 4.) Dug up by Mr Clow of Land in 1810 on the west 
of the station proper. For many years after 1813 the pedestal of 
a sun-dial at Burnfoot House ; in a recess in the lobby there 
(1896). 
A highly-ornamented altar, 4 ft. 2 in. in height and 1 ft. 
10 in. in breadth. Narrow beadings enclose the inscription, which 
is further separated from panels on the base and capital by heavy 
mouldings. On the upper panel are two dolphins, a concentric 
ring, and two birds; on the lower, 
IE two dolphins and one bird. On the 
ane ie top are two volutes with rosettes on 
Min. FO. C.L- their ends and a crescent in the space 
CVI PREEST . C. SIL between them. A bason-shaped pro- 
AVSPEX . PREF Lesser f : 
jection occupies the central portion of 
the top. Sculptured on the sides are festoons of ivy leaves. The 
letters of the inscription, though of different sizes, are all dis- 
tinctly formed. ‘The significance of the C.L atthe end of the fifth 
line gave rise at first to many conjectures ; but the letters are now 
taken as standing for Civinm Latinorum, probably because it is 
difficult to say what else they can mean. 
Expanding, we have :—Deae Minervae [sacrum]. Coh(ors) LZ. 
Tungrorum mil(iaria) eg(uttata), c(ivium) L(atinorum), cut praeest 
C. Sil vius) Auspex, Praef(ectus), | fectt]; z.e., “(Sacred) to the god- 
dess Minerva. The Second Cohort of Tungrians, a thousand 
strong, of which a due proportion is cavalry, and in possession of 
