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PARISH OF KEERICK. 343
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Q Quare lapis levis sub
Opaci, Teginine Saxi ?
In viscere telluris,
E Aurea Gemma latet.
1660."
On Glen Hill, 400 feet above the level of the sea, a granite
column, fifty feet in height, commemorates the battle of Waterloo ;
it was reared soon after the event.
PARISH OF EEERICK.
In this parish is situated near the bank of the Solway, the in-
teresting ruin of Dundrennan Abbey, a religious house founded by
Fergus, Lord of Galloway, in 1142, and planted with Cistercian
monks.* Among the ancient monuments the most remarkable is
the tomb of Alan, Lord of GaUoway, and Constable of Scotland,
who was here buried in 1233. His figure is represented in
alto relievo cross-legged, and in chain-armour, with a buff coat,
and belts across the shoulders and waist. AVithin the chapter-
house an abbot is represented in his canonicals.
The late Honourable Thomas Maitland, a judge, b}^ the title of
Lord Dundrennan, who died in 1851, is interred in the Abbey
Churchyard.
On tombstones in Dundrennan Churchyard are these inscrip-
tions : —
" Farewell, frail world, I've seen enough of thee,
Nor do I care what thou canst say of me.
Thy smiles I court not, nor thy frowns I dread,
My heart lies easy, and at rest my head.
Grieve not for me, my wife and children dear,
For 'tis the will of God that I Lie here."
• Dundrennan Abbey afforded shelter to the unfortunate Queen Mary Stuart during
the last hours she spent in Scotland.