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Mote of Droughdool. It is a round sandy
hillock formed of angular stones and cobbles
from the beach as exposed on the summit & at places on its flanks,
with a diameter at base of 156' or thereby,
rising to an elevation varying from 25' to 30' & with a
level summit some 40' in diameter. It appears
to have been erected on a slight natural eminence
which projects somewhat beyond the base towards
the E. [East] and W. [West]. Passing around the N. [North] side at
the base is a terrace some 10' in width.

Stoneykirk Pile structure in pits. Mye Plantation
Situated within the small pine wood called the
Mye Plantation which lies on the N. [North] side of the
road which leads from Clayshant to Stoneykirk
are a series of pits, five in number, three of
which were excavated and reported on by Mr.
L. McLellan Mann in 1903. Previous to excavation
the sites appeared as circular depressions meas:
:ing diametrically some 10' by 8' with a depth
at the centre of about 1'. The pits were found
to be about 7' in depth and to contain the
remains of wooden pile structures roughly
circular & sub oval on plan formed of two somewhat irregularly concentric
row of stakes driven into the clay subsoil. Many
chippings, cores, and implements of flint were
discovered during the course of excavation.
(See Antiquaries. Vol [Volume] XXXVII [37] p. [page] 370. illus)

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