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the Deil's Jingle in Eskdale, and the Black Dyke in 

 Northumberland, and as many other lines which exist 

 without a name, are in character and purpose exactly the 

 same as Herrits Dyke. Here at Haerfaulds the hollow 

 runs to the gate, and supplies one of the instances, of 

 which there are several, which go to prove that such works 

 were hollow ways made and used by the people who made 

 the hill forts. From Haerfaulds this line of Herrits Dyke 

 runs past Blythe farm buildings and past Bruntburn Mill 

 on to the wooded ridge behind Spottiswoode, along which 

 it runs, passing to the north of Westruther. But Herrits 

 Dyke waits for closer examination, and will require a paper 

 to itself. On the surface south-west of Haerfaulds there 

 are numerous ancieilt rigs, many of which must have been 

 formed under hoe cultivation, the upstanding rocks making 

 ploughing impossible. It is known that there was a crofter 

 population here in the middle ages. These rigs may be 

 their work. 



