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that the plain without excavation is not ascertainable
but they appear to be those of a building
measuring over all some 30' in length by
17' in breadth. To the S. [South] of this site
has been a square enclosure such as might
be a garden or graveyard and at the
SSE [South South East] side of it are the foundations marked
on the turf of several small rectangular
structures. Some 60' NNW [North North West] of the site of
the church is another enclosure surrounded
by a stone wall now much overgrown
& containing the ruins of a small rect:
:angular building in its midst. This building
& the wall of the enclosure around it are
possibly of later date than the kirk.
At the extreme NNW. [North North West] end of the ridge are
two or three low mounds of some 25' dia. [diameter]
of indeterminable character.
About 250 yds. [yards] W. [West] of the Kirk Stones on
the left bank of the Kirk o' Moss burn is
a small green mound some 22' to 23'
in diameter and 3' in elevation with slight
depressions several feet in length & breadth on
the top. This is known locally as Brigand's
Swine House! Though plough ridges are
visible on the adjacent moorland it must
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