78 On Haivick and its Neighbourhood. 



are arranged in three rows ; from north to south first three, 

 then one, and then two. Those of the north and middle 

 rows are on a higher level than those on the south, and are 

 separated from them by a steep brae. Two of the north set, 

 the middle one, and one of the south row are circular ; the 

 other two are quadrangular. They are all surrounded more 

 or less by a ditch and rampart, except the middle one of the 

 north and that constituting the middle row. These latter 

 are only surrounded by a wall. The westmost of the north 

 row occupies the highest summit of the hill, is the largest, 

 and has the highest ramparts and the deepest ditch. Out- 

 side the surrounding barrier there are several other earth- 

 works ; the most noteworthy of which is an offshoot of this 

 barrier away to the south-east. 



There are camps in other places which are not single, such 

 as those near the road-side on the farm of Priesthaugh ; but 

 nowhere else do we find another group of equal magnitude 

 to that of Chapelhill. There is also some variety in their 

 defences. Those of Courthill and Southfield show a con- 

 siderable amount of military engineering. It is not very 

 much to the credit of archaeologists that no one of these 

 forts has ever been excavated and thoroughly explored. 

 However, Mr. Oovenlock, of Teindside, is in a fair way to 

 remove this slur. 



The known sepulchral tumuli in the district which have 

 not been rifled are few in number. In the uplands of Hob- 

 kirk parish there are several ; there is one on the farm of 

 Southfield, one at Commonside Cottage, and another on the 

 farm of Midshiels. There are two so-called Druidical circles 

 in the district, at Stonedge and Priesthaugh. The latter lies 

 in the proposed route ; and, in connection with it, I may 

 state that it has been well explored, but yielded nothing of 

 a sepulchral nature. 



Antiquities of the Histoeic Period. By Mr. Robert 

 Murray. 



Although our heroic traditions run back into " fable- 

 shaded eras," and some of our ceremonies bear the impress 

 of Druidical worship, the dwellings in which our fathers 

 lived and the written records of their sayings and doings 



