218 Report of the Meetings for 1895. 



It was further explained that the lamp in use, known as 

 the Holophotal Flashing Light, consumes 12^ gills of paraffin 

 per hour. In the store, underneath the lamp room, were 

 seen 18 cisterns, each of which holds 95 gallons of oil. 



PRE-HISTORIC CAMPS. 



Passing on by the road leading to Petticowick Bay, an 

 opportunity was had of looking on some of the wildest 

 parts of the bold headland, enlivened as it was by the 

 screech of sea-fowl as they swooped over the tall beetling 

 precipices, on the ledges of which they nested, or as they 

 lighted on the shattered crags to arrange their plumage 

 before again dropping to the blue sea far below. Close to 

 this point are the remains of St. Ebba's Chapel 



Fatiguing as the journey proved under the fierce rays of 

 an unclouded sun, the toil was more than com[)ensated for 

 by the interesting nature of the scenery, and the bracing 

 character of the atmosphere. On reaching a hill a little to 

 the west of Petticowick Bay, the com])any joined with the 

 detachment who had, under the guidance of Dr Christison, 

 Secretary of the Scottish Society of Antiquaries, and Mr 

 Craw, Foulden West Mains, proceeded by Coldingham Loch 

 House to explore the pre-historic camp at Earnsheugh, on 

 which Dr Christison reports : — 



"Situated on the edge of a cliff, 500 feet in height, the 

 camp consists of two parts, each of which is in the form of 

 a flattened semicircle, with three ramparts apparently of 

 earth. Between the inner rampart and the outer one there 

 is a wide platform, and within the westmost part are 

 remains of circular foundations or hut-circles. The inside of 

 the inner rampart is lined by six or seven of these hut- 

 circles. The west part measures 390 feet by 190 feet over 

 all, and the interior 200 feet by 100 feet; while the east 

 one measures 330 feet by 230 feet over all, and the interior 

 250 feet by 130 feet. These are the Ordnance Map 

 measurements. The camp on the hill west of Petticowick 

 Bay, which was also examined, rpsts upon precipices on the 

 one side, while the other, which is defended by a triple 

 rampart, overlooks Coldingham Loch. The size of this 

 camp over all is 280 feet by 230 feet, and the interior 170 

 feet by 110 feet." 



