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This rock is within an ancient British camp, and not far 

 from a barrow, which covers the remains of some ancient 

 Briton, to whom the mysterious inscriptions had a definite 

 meaning. On this rock sixty figures are now traceable, 

 scattered over a rough, untrimmed surface sixty feet from 

 east to west, and in one part forty feet in breadth. After 

 the various forms were examined, Mr. Tate, standing on the 

 top of the rock, with the members seated on its slopes, read 

 a description of the stone, and of the camp ; — Sir Walter 

 Elliot followed, and expressed his view of the camps of the 

 district, which he regarded as the towns or villages of the 

 ancient inhabitants. Some of the members wandered down 

 the deep, narrow dene, extending for a short distance from 

 the linn — but though the Osmunda regalis formerly grew 

 there, not a single frond of this noble fern could be seen, so 

 ruthless have been the fern collectors. 



After viewing the inscribed rocks on Hunter's Moor, the 

 party returned to the Doddington and Horton Moors, and, 

 under the guidance of the Rev. W. Procter, jun., visited the 

 several sculptured rocks in their route. They passed by a 

 stone circle, of which five stones are remaining, two of them 

 standing upright in their original position, and the others 

 lying prostrate ; marking the burying place of some ancient 

 chieftain. Five camps, or rather fortified towns, are within 

 the district, the principal of which are the Ringses, of circular 

 form, on high ground, commanding an extensive view, and 

 defended by three great rampiers ; and two others on Dod 

 Law of a similar character, within all of which can be traced 

 hut circles, the remains of the dwellings of the people, who 

 have left their symbolic sculptures on the rocks around. The 

 party paused here to enjoy a magnificent view over the Mil- 

 field plain, bounded by the Cheviot and Hedgehope, Humble- 

 don, Yeavering, Flodden, and other sites of historic interest. 

 After a visit to Gled Law, where the largest and one of the 

 most remarkable sculptures is to be seen, consisting of two 

 great groups of concentric circles connected with each other, 

 one of them having three radial lines and eight concentric 



