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old floors discovered beneath the present one when
the church was rebuilt. Of Greenlaw castle or
the Tenandry house nothing but the names remain.

The Chesters
Of the Fort at the Chesters, (Fogo no.2) near Marchmont
on the South adjacent to the farm steading an
inner rampart a ditch and counterscarp about
65 ft. [feet] apart are still apparent and continuing in a
curve westward for about 100 yards. The ditch
is still about 6 ft. [feet] deep below the top of the counterscarp
& the rampart about 3 ft. [feet] above the bottom of the ditch.

Chesterbrae
The fort has evidently been circular following on the
N, & N.W. [North & North West] of the hill. Of the fort at Chesterbrae
there is no sign remaining. A few mounds on the
bank marked on the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] map I do not think have
belonged to a fort. Polwarth Church stands

Polwarth Church.
at the side of the beautifully wooded park in front
of Marchmont Ho. [House] It is a picturesque little edifice
built or reconstructed in 1703. The doors and windows
on the S. [South] side have neat (?) ogee mouldings and
three or four large slabs with Latin inscriptions have
been inserted into the wall. At the East end an
open grill gives a view into the interior of the
vault occupied by the coffins of the Earls of
Marchmont & the retreat of Sir Patrick Hume where
he was succoured by his heroic daughter Grissel.
To the S. [South] of the entrance gate in the churchyard
has been erected an ancient fort. It is cylindrical

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