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SPOTT.] -- HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION. -- [SPOTT.

The wall on the southern or higher arc is of
earth, but on the opposite and lower side there
is an irregular mound containing a quantity
of stones.

xvii. N.W. (unnoted). 30 June 1913.

STONE CIRCLE.

172. Stone Circle, Zadlee.-On the gentle
slope of Stonefold Rig on the eastern side of
Spartleton Edge, some 300 yards south by east
[marginal note]
Yadlee
of Zadlee and at an elevation of about 950 feet
above sea-level, is a circle of seven small
stones, measuring from 10 inches to 16 inches
across, set on edge or on end, except one which
is now flat (fig. 157). None is more than 8
inches above ground. The flat stone is the
largest and measures 22 inches in length by
13 inches in breadth.

[illustration inserted]
FIG. 157.-Circle, Zadlee
(No. 172).

The circle, which has a
diameter of 27 feet,
seems complete, except
on the northern arc,
where there may have
been one stone more.
The interior of the circle
is on the same level as
the surroundings, and
numerous stones are
met with on probing.

xvi. N.E. (unnoted). 1 July 1913.

MISCELLANEOUS.

173. Pulpit.-Within the modern parish
church is a good pulpit of apparently early 18th
century workmanship. It is hexagonal on
plan and measures internally 3 feet 10 inches by
3 feet by 3 feet high. On each side is a panel,
stuck moulded and fielded; the back board, 3
feet 4 1/2 inches high, has a panel with an ogival
head and is flanked by Corinthian pillars with
fluted shafts, that support the sounding board,
which is very daintily moulded and gracefully
enriched in accord with the pillars.

xii. N.W. 29 August 1913.

174. Standing Stone with Cup Marks, Easter
Broomhouse.-Some 200 yards south-south-
west of Easter Broomhouse, on the summit of
a broad ridge about 150 above sea-level,

110

is a fine monolith of red sandstone measuring
9 feet in height and 6 feet in girth at the foot.
It is roughly rectangular on plan at the base,
the eastern and western faces being 22 inches
broad. At a height of 4 feet it is almost square,
having become narrower on the eastern and
western sides and broader on the northern and
southern ends. The top slants about 2 feet
to the east beyond the base. On the western
side are three cup marks, 3 1/2 inches in width
and 3/4 inch deep, placed triangularly but
inverted. The two upper cups are 5 1/2 inches
apart, and the lower cup, which is 5 feet from
the ground, is 11 inches from the upper left
hand cup and 12 1/2 inches from the right hand
cup. The deep grooves cut on the stone near
the base were made by the wire cable of a
steam plough rubbing against it.

vii. S.W. 25 June 1913.

175. The Witch's Stone.-A rough block of
stone about 22 inches across both ways but
almost entirely covered with road scrapings,
lies at the root of the hedge on the southern side
of the road some 3/8 mile south-west of Spott
Church and 90 yards north-east of the junction
of the road to Little Spott. This stone is
placed near the spot where Marion Lillie the
Ringwoodie Witch was burnt. At the western
corner of the junction of the road to Little
Spott stands the Birley Tree, an ash tree,
12 feet 4 inches in girth 6 feet from the ground,
which marks the place where the Birley Courts
were held in olden days.

xii. N.W. (" Witch's Stone "). 25 June 1913

176. Burial Ground of Covenanters.-About
80 years ago, while foundations were being pre-
pared for the old hot-houses in Spott House
gardens, the skeletal remains of a number of
men with fragments of their accoutrements,
including broken swords and buttons, were
found, no doubt relics of some of the Cove-
nanters who fell at the battle of Dunbar. All
the remains were re-interred in the Kirkyard
of Spott, 26 feet from the north-eastern corner
of the church and some 5 or 6 feet east of the
line of the wall of the church.

xii. N.W. 25 June 1913.