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The farm of Addinstone, iu the occupancy of Mr Bertram, 

 was reached about 12-30. Thence the Messrs Dickinson of 

 Longcroft guided us to the site of the Camp. When all the 

 members had assembled, the President stated they would 

 regret the absence of Dr David Christison, Edinburgh, 

 Honorary Secretary of the Antiquarian Society of Scotland, 

 who had, however, permitted them the use of his notes and 

 plans of the Camps, which he had prepared for the Khind 

 Lectures. From them it appears that " Addinstone is 3^ 

 miles north by west of Lauder, 1000 feet above the sea, and 

 300 above the burn to the north-east. The site is not quite 

 at the edge of the steep descent to the burn, and the ground 

 slopes gently in other directions, except the north-east, where 

 the approach along the ridge is nearly level. The flanks are 

 nearly straight, the north-west end straight with rounded 

 angles, the south-east end curved. The interior measures, 

 from crest to crest, about 300 feet in length ; and in breadth 

 180 towards the north end, and 150 towards the south end. 

 The ramparts are unusually massive, and well preserved in 

 general, but the plough has partially destroyed them on the 

 outside. In their present state the defences consist of t^wo 

 ramparts all round, a trench, and a third outer rampart at 

 the south-east, beginning at the west side of the entrance, 

 and an outer trench at the north-west end. The ramparts 

 vary much in size, partly from the configuration of the 

 ground, partly from injury. They are remarkably strong at 

 the north-west end, where the inner one is 16 feet high to 

 the outside, and at the west side of the entrance at the 

 south-east end. Here, for a distance of 160 feet, there is a 

 raised platform in rear of the middle rampart. There may 

 have been another entrance at the north-west angle, but the 

 works are almost obliterated there. Near the north end of 

 the interior there is a low mound or foundation, enclosing 

 a circular space about 40 feet in diameter." 



These notes were supplemented by minute investigations of 

 the points raised. Mr F. Lynn, who had made complete 

 measurements of the Camp, was of opinion that these two 

 raised platforms guarding each entrance were in length 

 about 30 feet, and in breadth 9 feet 7 inches. 



The late Eev. James Morton, in his "Monastic History of 

 Teviotdale," p. 265, placed a Leper Hospital at Aldenstun, 



