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dark eyed young lady to a large slab of (?) grey wacke.
about 4ft. [feet] 6” high above the ground in which it was set and a couple of feet broad, tapering to
the upper end. Near the top were two perforations

Paxton Cottage
about 2ins. dia. [inches diameter] and about 9ins [inches] apart to centre of perforation. One rather
higher up than the other. The holes narrowed
in dia. [diameter] from both sides.
are not quite round internally. Other hollows
may be observed forming in the stone itself. The stone about 7ins. [inches] thick. From
there we made a long and unnecessary detour
to Edrington Castle. A mere fragment remains
adjoining and incorporated with farm buildings.

Edrington
It has been built of large squared blocks of sandstone.
A well 20 – 30 feet deep cut in the solid rock exists
at the base of the cliff on which the castle stood at
the upper end of an orchard which clothes the steep
bank to the river. To reach Horndean churchyard
we had to retrace our course as far as Paxton Cottage

Horndean Ch. [Church]
& then turn away Southward. Horndean. consists of
an Inn and half a dozen cottages and half a mile
distant along the old kirk road winding between high
hedges is the site of the old church. Of the old structure
nothing remains. The tombstones, except one, are
uninteresting. That one to the memory of James Harper:
:son is singular from the artistic device on the back of it.
[sketch inserted here]
viz. a heart suspended from a ring by an inter:
:twining cord: though probably early 18th cent. [century]. From Horn:
:dean (where we had difficulty in getting rid of a small spitz
which showed a passion for motoring and wouldn’t get out of
the motor) a short run brought us to Ladykirk. The Church
is very picturesque and is accurately described. Only on the
S. [South] side of the nave are the windows under elliptical arches, the

Ladykirk
window on the N. [North] is pointed. Immediately to the E. [East]
of the church & divided from it by the road is a grass
park on which are very distinct the ridges of the old
cultivation. At the So. [South] side of the field and on the
top of the bank above the Tweed is a Mound
circular except on the S. [South] where it rests on the
straight edge of the bank. From E to W. [East to West] it has a
diameter of 165ft. [feet] and at its highest is about 7ft. [feet]
high. On the West where the ground on the
outside is higher there is a shallow trench and a low bank
about 2ft. [feet] high on the interior crowns the scarp.
The entrance is at the N.E. [North East]. Turning northwards


Hilton Church.
we drove to Hilton Church of which a mere fragment
of the E [East] wall alone remains – nor are there any
stones in the graveyard of any moment. Thence
on to Swinton Kirk The Minister a handsome swarthy
highlander by name Macdonald received me kindly
& showed me the objects of interest. Let into the wall
over the doorway within the porch on the S. [South] side is a
panel inscribed “Mak no delay to turn to the Lord
Anno 1593.” Within the effigy of Sir Alan Swinton
is as described – a very rude monument. Over
the window in the E. [East] gable is a panel containing the

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