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the neighbourhood. Its course Southward beneath the
field dyke is by no means certain – though where the
bank is broken into in one or two places it looks like a ram:
:part. That it was a Roman camp is more
than doubtful. Proceeding Southwards we reached
the Kirktonhill fort situated above the Rauchy glen.

Kirktonhill.
The fort has suffered from cultivation and quar:
:rying and the defences on the ? East and West
have entirely vanished. At the N.E. [North East] point there
are two ramparts and a ditch beyond the
outer one having a slight mound above the
counterscarp. On the E. [East] side
near where the two mounds converge has been
an entrance. In the interior is a circular
enclosure about 62 ft. [feet] in diameter. At the
S. [South] end there are three concentric lines at the
top of the steep bank on the elbow of the hill. The
defences on the W. [West] front are very indefinite. It
is about 570 in length (O.M. Christison). Being per:
:suaded by Mr. Allen to visit a ruin at
Carfrae I bicycled back there. At the end of
the garden adjoining the farm house I

Carfrae
found the remains of probably a 16th cent. [century] dwelling house
existing to the 1st. floor. On the basement are
two appartments, vaulted, the West one having a
fireplace in the W. [West] gable and the E. [East] sharing a
square aperture in the centre of the vault and a

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