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may be observed along the whole length of the N. [North] side and across the
tailing out of the hillock at the extreme
ENE. [East North East] end. On the S. [South] side of the base court,
however, it is not apparent. (This mote is
described & illustrated in the Proceedings. The
plan is not absolutely accurate, the base court
being too symmetrical, but it is sufficiently so for
illustrating its character.)

Balmaclellan Par. [Parish]
Watch Knowe Craigmuie
On the lower slope of Craigmuie Moor
about 1/3 m. [mile] E [East] by S. [South] of Craigmuie are
the remains of a rectilinear earthwork
known as the "Watch Knowe." (The name is
misleading as the situation is not on a
"knowe" but its application may have originally
been to the SE. [South East] angle of the fort which advanced
in the centre of a low ridge is somewhat prominent.)
The site though commanding an extensive
view down the glen of the Castlefern Water
into Dumfriesshire does not appear a
particularly strong one. The SE [South East] angle occupies
the centre of a low ridge which extends
beyond it for a distance of some 40 yds. [yards],
and in the opposite direction the level of
the interior slopes away to meet the bed of
the abbey burn on the W. [West]. Immediately
beyond the burn there is a rising slope

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