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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MOAT (Ancient) Moat John Smith n & s Kirkland
John Wilson n&s Sandyhills
Charles Dee n&s Boreland
An Ancient Moat on the farm of Boreland its shape is an irregular oval And it is partly of an natural and partly of Artificial Construction, on its surface which is tabular is a small dwelling house, with an enclosed garden attached to it - The tabular surface is surrounded by a steep slope of about 25 links broad and about one chain or so outside of the same, on the East West and North Sides of it, is the track of an old drain - possibly part of a Fosse by it might formerly have been encircled - but this is mere conjecture by the building & enclosure On its outworks are mostly all defaced and there is no tradition in the locality respecting the period of its erection or whether it has been of British - or Roman construction

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Plan 46 C - List of Names collected by Thomas Smith C.Asst. [Civilian Assistant]
Plan 46C
Trace 5

Object: A Moat
[signed] Thomas Smith c/a [Civilian Assistant]
22nd September - 1850 -

See the black dotted line from X to Y - on Trace [there is an arrow from 'drain' in Description to this pencilled note]

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