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No. 136.
[Page] 64
List of Names collected by William Rogers 2nd Corpl. [Corporal] R. S and M [Royal Sappers and Miners]
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Trace--Received Names-- Object--Description--Parish of Kirkcudbright--Authority for spelling Name--Address
1--Sypland Moat
Sypland Moat
Sypland Moat--a Fort--A tolerable large fort situated on the summit of a considerable hill on the farm of Meikle Sypland. This fort measures at the base about 140 feet and tapers a little towards the summit which is about 120 feet in diameter. It is about 5 Feet in elevation it is surrounded on all sides except the E. [East] by a fosse and rampart which is still pretty entire. It is naturally defended on the E. [East] by an abrupt declivity of about 130 feet deep. From its summit is a grand and comprehensive view of the surrounding country the mountain ranges of Minnigaff Kells and Carsphairn. The Burrow Head, Mull of Galloway, the Cumberland Hills, the Isle of Man and the Estuary of Dee, together with a wide expanse of the Irish Sea, and on a favorable day the Mountains of Morne in Ireland, this object is almost invariably called A Moat and by which term it is well known, altho' [although] any intelligent person would at once say that it is a fort. on the western margin is a Trigl: [Trigonometrical] Station called by the Trigl: [Trigonometrical] party "Meikle Cyperland"--[Kirkcudbright]--Mr. Davidson
Mr. Williamson
Mr. Findlayson--Kirkcudbright
M. [Meikle] Sypland
Kirkcudbright.

(Sigd. [Signed Collector])
William Rogers
2nd Corpl. [Corporal] R. S and M [Royal Sappers and Miners]

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