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See Reg Mag. Sig. [Registrum Magni Sigilli] 12 Oct. [October] 1512. Sasine given
by Robert Edzane as depute of John Lord Maxwell
of inter Alia the Logane tenement, at the
Mote (Monticulum) near the House of Michael
Ramsey, on the ground of said lands.
The Logan tenement is believed to be identical with
Loganewoodheid of subsequent charters, otherwise
called Ker and Thasseholm. "The Mote
mentioned as being near the house of Michael
Ramsey is in the field immediately behind
Miltons farm steading, the field being known
to this day as the Motefield" Article by Mr
J. Thorburn Johnstone in [blank]
date. [blank].

oblong, placed with its longest axis East and
West at right angles to the trend of the ridge,
having its South side fairly straight and
the three other sides slightly convex, & measuring
through the centre interiorly from crest to crest
145 feet by 93 feet. It has been surrounded
by a single earthen rampart of very con:
:siderable bulk, but now greatly spread
having a trench to the outside measuring
from the present crest of the scarp to that
of the counterscarp 50 ft. [feet], the contour being
greatly flattened, and the depth very shallow.
The rampart. which appears to be of earth,
from observation and the statement of the
farmer, has a vertical height on the exterior
of some 5 ft. [feet] The entrance has evidently
been through the centre of the East end
the scarp of the rampart being lowest
at that point. An old road
marked on the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] map for several miles
up as it passes through upper Annandale
and popularly regarded as Roman is
said to proceed along the ridge past
the entrance to this fort which in its turn is
also given a Roman attribution. For
the facts regarding this road see Dr [Doctor] James McDonald's

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