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proceeded, under the guidance of Mr. C. P. Bosan- 

 quet and the Rev. Mr. Cooley, to examine the remains 

 of the old tower now incorporated with the mansion 

 house, and the fine old Norman church hard by, which 

 has recently been restored by Mr. F. R. Wilson, who 

 was also present to explain the noteworthy features of the 

 architecture. These, together with the monumental slabs of 

 the interior, commemorating the families of De Svvinhoe, 

 Salkeld, and others, were examined with much interest. 

 Particular attention was attracted by an ancient and some- 

 what defaced monument on the floor near the entrance, 

 exhibiting a two-handed sword and a foliated cross of peculiar 

 form. The stem of the latter was interrupted in the middle, 

 and appeared to pass behind a broad band stretching quite 

 across the slab and bearing the hilt and upper portion of the 

 sword. Below the transverse band or division the lower limb 

 of the cross again appeared, and at the bottom seemed to rest 

 on two carved scrolls or feet. 



Returning to the house the party assembled in the library, 

 where Mr Bosanquet read an interesting memoir on the history 

 and fortunes of Rock and its chapel, describing the various 

 families which had successively possessed the manor, and the 

 vicissitudes and changes through which they had passed. To 

 these I need not further refer, as the paper itself will appear 

 in this number of our transactions. 



The thanks of. the club having been communicated through 

 the President to Mr Bosanquet, for his hospitable entertain- 

 ment and valuable information, the party drove to Dunstan- 

 burgh by Craster tower and Proctor stead, where a short 

 halt was made to enable Mr. F. R. Wilson to point out some 

 architectural peculiarities in the latter, of which he has since 

 been good enough to favour me with the following memo- 

 randum : — 



" Near Dunstan is a group of buildings of some interest 

 called Proctor steads. To the casual observer it consists only 

 of a modest mansion of some antiquity adjoining an older 

 tower ; but on closer examination remains of three different 



