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a kind of dam or weir, through which the waters could not penetrate, and would force up against this dam or weir - the gravel and sand which form the ridge - in the same manner as is frequently done by rivers in certain part of their courses during great floods. The materials of which the ridge is composed, and its shape, which is somewhat like a horse-shoe with the hollow towards the hills favor this explanation" - New Statistical Account P. 41 & 42
"There is a remain of a somewhat different kind, which is situated within two miles of Wedderlea; and which the tradition of the country calls the Caims. It consists of an immense ridge of sand, between two extensive mosses; Its breadth is from 20 to 100 feet; its height from 14 to 40 feet: and it runs out the length of three quarters of a mile. There is no such sand as this, within many miles of this remain, which seems, to a willing eye, to be the production of art, rather than the work of nature - The Reverend Dr Hewat's letter to me dated 18th October 1791.