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insignificant to be considered defensive. The
hillock is surmounted by a small stone monu:
:ment and is by tradition supposed to be the
spot where Queen Mary rested on her flight from
Langside.
Twynholm Par [Parish] Trostrie Mote
Rising immediately behind the farm steading
of Trostrie is a natural hillock of rock which
has been utilised as a formidable defensive
site. The hillock is oblong in form, lying with its
main axis NNE [North North East] and SSW. [South South West] and broader & squarer
at the former extremity than at the latter.
Measured at its base its length along each
side is some 202', across the NNE [North North East] end 120', and
across the SSW. [South South West] about 114'. Around the base
except at the SSW. [South South West] end where it has been probably filled in
there is a well defined trench, 18' wide and 4'
deep on the W. [West] side and 26' to 28' wide and
7' deep on the other two sides. The natural
level of the ground declines towards the W. [West]
& is highest towards the N [North]
and at the N. [North] angle there is a sudden alteration
of about 3' in the level of the trench. Above the
counterscarp of the ditch round the NNE [North North East] end
and the W [West] side there runs a mound which judging
from large stones visible along its crest has
probably been surmounted by a wall.
The hillock with sides sloping at an angle of 40°
rises to a height of 40' above the bottom of the
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