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XXVI. Description of Ra'oensheugh^ 

 By Dr Macknight. 

 (Read 6th January 1816.^ 



In the following paper, I am to describe shortly 

 a point of coast, which Professor Jameson, in his 

 examination of East Lothian, had not an oppor- 

 tunity of visiting. It is called Ravensheugh, si- 

 tuated about six miles N. W. of Dunbar, and is 

 part of the pleasure-ground belonging to the 

 estate of Tyningham, on the north side of what 

 are called Tyningham Sands. A small wooden 

 summer-house is erected on the highest point of 

 the rock, which commands a singular and exten- 

 sive view of the surrounding ocean, and neigh- 

 bouring country. 



The approach to Ravensheugh, on the land- 

 side, is gradual and insensible in its rise ; but to- 

 wards the sea, there is formed a precipice or pre- 

 cipitous front, which may be from forty to fifty 



