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From the wall on the NW. [North West] of the garden
rises an ivy mantled fragment of the old castle
said to have been burned down in 15 - -. No
features are observable.
The house represents many different periods
but the oldest portion has been so much
altered as to show no characteristics of its age.
In the house are preserved a number of
relics from the sand hills at Genoch
including a fine cinerary urn illustrated
in the Ayr & Wigton Arch. Coll. [Architectural Collection] and a
small food vessel.

16 June 1911.
Left Logan at 10.0 on my return journey.

Stoneykirk Par. [Parish] Ardwell Mote
On the edge of the high bank which runs
parallel with the shore and about [--] yds. [yards]
E [East] of Ardwell House
is situated the Mote Hill. The mound
has a diameter of about 120' at base rises
to a height of from 20' to 25' as the ground slopes
away on the W. [West] and measures some 70'. in
diameter across its flat summit. It is
surrounded by a trench 23' in width through
which there is an opening westward. Along
the edge of the bank towards the N. [North] are apparent
the remains of a rampart which may indicate
the position of the base court.

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