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A Stone Circlk Called the Harestones In ANTIQUITIES IN KINCAEDINESHIRE. 193 III. E CAM TH NOTICET MONTGOLDRU ) PA (1 F O S D OTHEMAN R ANTI- QUITIES IN KINCARDINESHIRE ; (2) A STONE CIRCLK CALLED E HARESTONETH N PEEBLESSHIREI S CAIRA STAND) D (3 ; NAN - ING LISTOND STONE D OTHEOL T AN A ,S R STANDING STONES IN MIDLOTHIAN AND FIFE ; (4) SOME HITHERTO UNDESCRIBED CUP- AND RING-MARKED STONES ; AND (5) RECENT DISCOVERIES F URNS O FREDY B . COLESR . , ASSISTANT-KEEPE MUSEUME TH F RO . (1) THE CAMP AT MOSTGOLDKUM AND OTHER ANTIQUITIES IN KINCARDINESHIRE. (1) The Camp, Montgoldrum.—Early in the summer of 1900 in- formatio e Societ e r latHercule th s th senM eo y t nwa tb y s Lintonf o , Bervie, regarding the somewhat strange remains on this site. It was thought desirable tha a carefut l examinatio d drawingan n s should be made d wite intentioan ;th h f carryino n g thi directes s outwa I o ,t d visit Bervie and make a report on the structure called "The Camp." followine Junen th i d d Thian di ; gsI description cover accoune th s f o t otheo tw rr o relic e vere thi n wels on i on s a y s sitd , a lclos it ean o t e the vicinity. " The Camp" is situated on the crown of a broomy hill a quarter oa mile easf f Montgoldrudu o et m farm, whic 4 mile s i hs N.Wf o . Bervie e hil s abouTh i l0 fee. 40 tt above sea-level e naturTh f .o e e ground-pla th seee b n i n y site th ma e n (fig. 1) a curvilinea: r hollow rimmed by a completely stony rampart, which, from crest to crest, measure fee0 diameters4 n i t ; certainl n area at ysufficientlno y spacious fo campa e rrampar Th . t varie n height i st average i t bu , s abou fee2 t t inches0 1 . Outsid s slop it e severaf ar eo e l massive stones, seemingly earthfaste circumferencth t bu , s i vere y incomplet n thii e s respect. Eather farther outside e southth e n seveo li , n fragments (mos thef o t m showin e jumper-holeth g e blastingth a f hugo sf o e) bloc f dioriteo k , which was probably 9 or 10 feet long and 4 feet in height. VOL. XXXVII. 13 194 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, MARCH 9, 1903. When first examining this site impressioe th , s n thawa s lef t i wa tt merel ya plundere d cairn.1 Writin witw hgno more knowledge th f eo •Fig. 1. "The Camp," Montgoldrum. varieties of Stone Circles in these parts of Scotland, I incline to agree 1 See Proceedings, vol. xxxiv. p. 107. ANTIQUITIES IN K1NCARDINESHIEE. 195 with what Mr Linton suggested, namely, that the structure was originally a Stone Circle. followine Thith y s bornsb i t ge ou facts Aberdeenn I . - shire we find, at Whitehill, Monymusk, just such a rampart of stones concentric with the outer standing stones (here absent); and'from its Fig Cair2. Montgoldrumnat . position on the S.W. arc the great diorite block, now ruined, might well have been the Recumbent Stone. e compass-marTh y ground-plam n o k n shows the N.E s wela .s a l folloe northe w e forme th f wth I a lin n . i e r directio fee4 8 tr nfrofo m the north arc of " The Camp," we reach a large earthfast stone (tig. 2), which, with four others very simila sizen i re dispose ar , e basth f et o d a 196 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, MARCH 9, 1903. a low cairn. Its centre is about 2 feet 6 inches above the base of the diametee slopeth moune 0 feet.d 5 an Th ,s i r' d display appearanco n s e of having been dug into or even slightly disturbed. Of the five basal stones, A is 15 and B 20 inches in height. The Moray Stane.— Aboute Leye th N.E.f th o sa miln o o t , e Allardyce, stand greae sth t bloc f dioritko e which passes under this name (see fig. 3). It is set with its longest edge due east and west, and here it measures 4 feet 3 inches, the opposite side 3 feet 4 inches, and the Morae Th Fig . y3 . Stone. end fee2 s inche6 foo1 t d t an s4 ^ inches respectively s heighIt . s i t 4 feet 10 inches on the north side. Many small stones are embedded around its base, but two, both of gneiss or porphyry, are much larger, and stand a foot or so above ground. There is a Government Survey mark cut into the north face of the stone. There are traces of an old track running acros e fieldth s s here, whic s saii h o havt d e come from near Stonehaven to Arbuthnot. Recumbent Stone at Millplough.—The sole remnant of a circle, at the date of the Ordnance Survey consisting of two stones, which are shown ANTIQUITIES IN KINCAEDINESHIEB. 197 ponderoua s i mapse o nt th I . s oblong mas ' puddingstone, f so ' similar te ocliff th t thaBervi a f s o t e Bay greao n , t distanc e eastth s it ,o t e summit-length being 11 feet 5 inches, at the middle 10 feet 5 inches, and at the base 9 feet 3 inches. I show a ground-plan and view of it OQ? -0' .YV"~fc0 ^ ° 0° " •*• -.0. - - ' 1 O 1 2 34-66 Fig. 4. Recumbent Stone, Millplough. e littlTh e . (figmoun4) . f stoneso d o typicae s settin- , th re f f o lgo cumbent stones, still clearly exists, sharply rounded off by the plough. The breadth varies from 2 feet 2 inches to 1 foot 5 inches, and the height, though only about 4 feet 6 inches to the mound, is at the rounded 198 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, MARCH 9, 1903. , ground-plananglC t e(a mucs fee5 a ) inches7 s ta h e weigh Th .f o t this stone may therefore be computed to be somewhat over sixjtons. Stone Circle near Cotbank of Barras.—On the Ordnance map there is here shown on Barclay Hill, in a wood, the plan of a Circle of 10 30 40 5.0, —I— Fig. 5. Remains of Stone Circle at Cotbank of Parras. several stones, wit a centrah l monolith. Durin visiy Bervio m gt t eI attempted to find the Circle, but owing to the great density of vege- tation I did not succeed. Afterwards, being put into communication with Mr William Duthie, schoolmaster in Barras, it was my good fortune to be indebted to him for a very careful and thorough plan of STONE CIRCLE CALLED THE HARESTANES, PEEBLESSHIRE. 199 the site, and from his measurements and notes I am able to show the annexed plan inch1 (fig , reduce0 fee5) n 2 e o scal.i t , th tf o eo t d keeping with the Stone Circles I have elsewhere investigated. In the centre is a low, irregularly circular heap of small stones, but no monolith, as shown on the map. At a radius of 26 feet there remain several smallish earthfast stones, while, 5 feet distant beyond these, are two stones, one nearly 5 feet long, both on the south arc, a third, broken e ease nort th a fourtr th neat o n d o arco h ,t t r a an hpoin, f o t the Circle. None of these stones, however, is pillar-like; the large S.E. one is probably a prostrate pillar. Outside these again stand two more stones, about 10 feet beyond the second radius. ) NOTIC(2 STONA F O E E CIKCLE CALLED THE HARESTANES, PEEBLESSHIEE. This group of Standing Stones is situated in the parish of Kirkurd, within the S.W. angle of the road at the Old Toll, which is some 200 yard se s mansadjoinin it westh d Tolf f d Kirkurdo o teOl an l e g Th . garde e 25-ince drawth nar n o nh scale Ordnanc Peeblesshiref o p ma e , ansite dth e describe s "Bemainda f Druidso s ' Temple (supposed),t "bu no marks indicatin e stoneth ge printed ar sspoe s aboui Th t0 . 85 t feet above sea-level e fairla slopth f o n yeo ,p flarisinto t g froe mth nort d westan h . Chambers a hamle" s 1a writet i callef o s d Hare- stanes, whic s deriveha h s namit d e from certain Standing Stones of unknown antiquity." Some correspondence, Dr Anderson informed me, took place about four years ago between the Eev. T. W. Miller and the Society with reference to the preservation of the stones, in the possible e lin evene f Tallth pipino e th f o r at fo gWate r scheme being taken through them. Subsequently n communicatioi , . n W wit r M h Melrose, I was led to understand that these stones formed really a circl f massivo e e monoliths f whicho s ,memor hi f i , f thirto y y years coul trustede db , several stood full fee5 y t overground letteA . o t r . BC . Chinr D n elicited, through him a sketcstonee nota ,d th f an eho s History1 of Peeblesshire, page 456. 200 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, MARCH 9, 1903.
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