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of Edinburgh, Session 1871 - 72 . 
caused by confluence of great streams from N.E. and N.W. 
glens. 
Old Eed Sandstone rocks in S. of parish. Igneous rock 
towards N. at Craigieloch. 
Slate rocks in Lintrathan and Kingoldrum. (Reporter — 
David Lindsay, Lintrathan, by Kirriemuir.) 
Liff. — 1. Mica schist boulder, 8x6x4 feet, called “ Paddock 
Stone.” Legend. Longer axis, N. and S. One report bears 
that it is whinstone, and may have come from Pitroddie 
Quarry, fourteen miles west. 2. Two boulders of mica schist, 
each 8 or 10 tons, called “ Glows of Gowrie,” noticed by 
Thomas the Rhymer. 3. A Druidical circle of nine large 
stones — three mica schist, one granite, five whinstone. Central 
stone, longer axis N. and S. (Reporters —James Powrie, 
Esq., Reswallie,' Forfar ; P. Anthony Anton, St Regulus 
Cottage, St Andrews.) 
Menmuir . — 1. Granite boulder, 14 x 9 x 4 feet, about 36 tons. 
Longer axis N. and W. Striated. Called the “ Witch 
Stone.” 2. Granite boulder, 13 x 9 x 4 feet, about 34 tons. 
There are many others smaller. (Reporter — Rev. Mark 
Anderson, Menmuir, Brechin.) 
Montrose . — On Garvock and other hills, strise on rocks point 
W. by N.”, i.e., obliquely across the hills, which range W.S.W. 
and E.N.E. 
On Sunnyside Hill, pieces of red shale found, derived from 
rocks in situ many miles to N.W. at a locality 100 feet lowest 
level. 
Large blocks of gneiss, several tons in weight, occur, which 
must have come from Grampians, many miles farther to west. 
(James Howden, “Edin. Geol. Soc. Trans.” vol. i. p. 140.) J 
Bescobie . — Mica slate boulder, 13x7x7 feet, near top of Pits- 
candly Hill, lying on drift. Rocks in situ Old Red Sandstone. 
Sir Charles Lyell says it came from Creigh Hill, about seventeen 
miles to W.N.W. Longer axis N. by E. 550 feet above sea. 
Yalley of Strathmore lies between boulder and parent rock, and 
there are several hills also between boulder and parent rock, 
higher than boulder. Many smaller boulders of old rocks on 
same hill. (Reporter— James Powrie, Esq., Reswallie, Forfar). 
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