3. First Report by the Committee on Boulders appointed by the Society

Abstract

In April 1871, a paper was read in this Society proposing a scheme for the conservation of boulder or erratic blocks in Scotland, in so far as they were remarkable for size or other features of interest. The Council of the Society approved of the scheme, appointed a committee to carry it out, and agreed to aid in meeting the expense of any circulars which might be necessary for conducting the inquiries. The objects of the committee were twofold. They were first to ascertain the districts in Scotland where any remarkable boulders were situated; and, second, to select those which might be deemed worthy of preservation, with the view of requesting landed proprietors and tenants of farms not to destroy them. The labours of the committee have as yet been directed only to the first of these objects.