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it. The inner face of this bank on the East
has been formed by excavating the interior to
a depth of 5 ft. [feet]

21 Sept. [September] 1912. Kinnelhead
Accompanied by Mr A. H. Bishop who took me
in his car to Kinnelhead and pointed out
to me the various forts he had examined
on Beattock Hill.

My examination of the ruins at Kinnelhead
does not convince me that they are those of
a tower, their construction in a hollow, and
partially against a fairly high rock (some 10 ft.)
also the complete absence of any historical
reference to such a tower which must
have been one of considerable importance
against such a theory. The most
Easterly building bears rather the proportions
of a chapel but it is not oriented at all.
Mr. MacGibbo drew my attention to a
small stepped cross incised on the rock
of which I took a photograph. I fancy
it may be of 11th or 12th century date and possibly
long anterior to the date of the buildings.
Kinnelhead lies far up in the moorland
that stretches from Beattock Hill to
Queensberry at an elevation of some
870 ft. [feet] above sea level and over the

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