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early," but not a sheep will touch, it so far as I can observe, and 

 in all the high pastures it remains to seed. 



As we look back we see in the middle of the boggy ground a 

 rock in the shape of a natural bridge, across a little burn that 

 collects the drainage of the swampy ground. 



Cunzierton is a steep bare green dry porphyritic hill, slightly 

 craggy in the upper part, and having a rocky and grassy top 

 spread out into a considerable level area, which is encircled by a 

 moderately elevated single camp ring, with its accompanying 

 outer and inner trenches and entered by a road on the N.W. side. 

 There is on the south border, an oblong walled compartment 

 such as is usually reckoned to be a cattle fold, that may be more 

 modern than the camp, and one or two shallow depressions like 

 the floors of hut-circles. Nettles grow within the camp, nurtured 

 by the sheep manure, and a few rush bushes shew the presence 

 of stagnant water. It is extremely cold up here and fully 

 exposed to the wind. " About 50 yards lower, where the ascent 

 is easiest, an additional mound of defence is apparent." Many 

 other of the truncated hill tops around have their crowns ringed 

 with entrenchments. The fort " occupying the height southward 

 of Bloodylaws is the most conspicuous and important." This 

 was not visited. We looked down on Cunzierton steading, which 

 consists only of a few houses : there were some trees marking an 

 older place in a still lower position. The name Cunzierton may 

 signify either the King's garth, Cunning a-garth : or the Coney- 

 garth or warren. The upper pasture-land is being new drained, 

 and numerous large boulders were being extracted from the foot- 

 drains. The sub-soil being derived from the porphyrites, is of a 

 pale brick colour. On some freshly improved ground there was 

 a good take of clover after being limed. 



We now had the benefit of the conveyance to hasten us for- 

 ward, but the concussions from the old paved causeway were 

 anything but agreeable. When taking one of the rises we noted 

 Upper or Over-Whitton shepherd's house, and near it Bear- 

 hope as it descends to the Kale. There is much furze scattered 

 over the unequal surface of the great extent of rough grassy 

 ground on Upper Whitton and Upper Chatto. The other 

 Whitton was perceptible at a distance along a depression, and in 

 that direction we were favoured with a glimpse of Linton. The 

 Roman road holds straight forward regardless of hill or dale. 

 It crosses the natural ridges and hollows that here regularly 



