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to follow but there is evidence of two or
three subsidiary hollowed enclosures at
the North end in one of which a large
quantity of road metal has been collected

Foundations Auldton
On the farm of Auldton where the Grey Gill
burn passes out of the moorland, and
on the cultivated ground are remains of
what is believed to be an old mill and its
associated buildings. On the North west side
a deep artificial hollow with a narrow
outlet at its lower end has seemingly been
the mill pond for containing a head of water.

26 Sept 1912
Fort Knock Hill (K'patrick [Kirkpatrick] Juxta Par [Parish])
The Knock Hill is a long and somewhat
narrow crested ridge forming the watershed
between the Kinnel and the Annan and
lying parallel with the former stream
some 3/4 mile west south west of Kirkpatrick
Juxta Church. Just beyond its highest
point and on the Northern termination
of the summit and at an elevation of 780 ft [feet] above sea level are the remains of an
oval fort lying with its longest axis North
and South and measuring interiorly in
diameter 152 ft. [feet] by 103 ft [feet]. To Northward
the ridge drops with an easy descent
for 150 yds: [yards] on the West except at the
South end where the highest point of

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