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surrounded by a single rampart & trench,
the latter some 27 ft. [feet] in width. The defences
have been much destroyed and to a small
extent entirely demolished towards the East.
the rampart is little more than a glacés and
the trench is only apparent at one or two places
in the periphery - (Mr Reid drew my attentions to this fort.

Mousewald Church Effigy
In passing Mousewald Church I got down to
take a glance at this effigy of Sir Simon Car:
:uthers. It lies in an angle between the
? Church & some outbuilding, and between the figure
and the wall some disused iron water gutters
have been thrown. As this is one of the
few effigies in Scotland it deserves a little
better treatment than is being meted out to it.

Dalton Par. [Parish] Fort silo Morrison Ho. [House]
Above the steep slope which rises from the
Dumfries & Annan Road just by the farm to
the Westward of Morriston House is the
site of a circular fort now only discernible
by a slight glaces where a rampart has been.
On getting back to Stapleton I learned that
the Controller of the Stationery office could see
me in London on Monday afternoon regrading
the illustrations for the Stewartry vol. [volume] The Office

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