182 Meport of Meetings for 1889. By Dr. J. Hardy. 



maps, among- others, the Ordnance Map of the Parish of Kirk- 

 new ton ; and several estate documents. 



New University Club, St. James's Street, S.W. 

 July 25th, 1889. 



" The must interesting attraction to archaeologists at Pawston is the 

 Camp on the top of Pawston {not Harelaw) Hill, which is partly inside 

 and partly outside the round plantation on the top of the hill : should any 

 of the party have any experiences that way, I should much like their 

 opinion on the Camp. It is circular with parallel lines of old walls running 

 across it. 



For gentlemen who have a turn for Geology, there are numerous traces 

 of the ' Great Ice Ago' in the district, notably a conical mound just 

 opposite Langham Bridge.* 



Anyone going from Pawsfcou up the tfill, by the Slant Roads, and looking 

 ilown towards Thornington can see this mound, as well as numerous mark- 

 ings both on Pawston Hill and Kilham. By following this route, Pawston 

 Hill is reached, after say 40 minutes easy walking. 



The formation of the ground at the head of the lake [Paston Lake] out- 

 side the plantation [there] is a, little peculiar (Ice action probably) 

 Although the lake is artificial (this is obvious when you walk along the 

 road through the plantation, between the two bits of young wood) ; the 

 original marshy bit is, I think, of Ice origin, and of a similar origiu to the 

 pools near Langham Bridge, or to the pond at Pallinsburn. There are 

 numerous boulders at the bottom of the strip below the road, when you are 

 down from the lake, but they are not easy to bo seen in the summer owing 

 to the vegetation. In the adjoining held, ' Bared Lands,' on Pawston, 

 when we were draining in the spring, the man employed (Kennedy) came 

 across several of these boulders buried in the clay. I saw them myself 

 in situ. There is also a good stiff bit of clay in one corner of the Shepherd's 

 Field just above Pawston. The steward knows all these clay patches. I 

 should like to know if any of them are from Boulder Ice. 



Do not forget to look at the keeper's (Scott) house at Harelaw, and 

 study the lintel inside the porch, showing the house was built in the reign 

 of Queen Elizabeth. I would recommend some, at all events, of the party 

 going to the top of Harelaw Hill, just above the lake, and opposite Pawston 

 Hill, as a magnificent view can be obtained thence when clear, including a 

 view out to sea ; and a still better view can be obtained from Cowdsmouth, 

 above Halterburn, but I doubt your party having time for that. 



From Shotton traces of Ice action are distinctly visible on Venchen Hill, 

 next Beaumont Hill. The six inch Ordnance Map states that there is a 

 Camp on Beaumont Hill, as well as numerous others, which I showed you 

 when at Pawston ; but for a thorough study the Maps of the other Parishes 

 are required. :._„:,. 



*For Langham Bridge, as associated with the early years of Robert 

 Story the poet, see his Life affixed to his "l^yrical aud~dther Minor Poems," 

 London, 1861, p. xvni. 



