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within a bordure a fess chequy between three boars
heads couped. Beneath, the initials D.G. for David
Gordon and the date 1731.

Boreland Mote.
In a small clump of trees close to the roadside
and just beyond the entrance to Boreland farm
stands Boreland Mote. It has been erected at
the edge of the low bank between which and the
Bladnoch some 30 or 40 yds. [yards] of wet ground intervenes.
The mound is surrounded by a ditch, 5’.6” at greatest
depth and some 20’ in width carried out to the
face of the bank on the N. [North] side. From the
bottom of the ditch it measures 20’ in height
and it is steeply scarped all round. The
outline of the top is now irregular having been
broken down somewhat by sheep &c. its
greatest diameter from N [North] to S [South] is 36’ and the diameter from
E. [East] to W. [West ] 25’. The surface for a depth of 3’ or 4’
is composed of sand and gravel beneath
which there appear to be stones. From the S. [South]
a bank or roadway, some 20’ in width,
has been formed for a distance of about 80 yds [yards]
and terminates at the edge of the ditch
which is shallower in front of it than else:
:where. Between the end of this approach and
the edge of the bank the ditch
seems to be filled or has

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