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by a partition wall 2' thick at 8' from the E [East] end.

Standing St. [Stone] Barvernockan (8)
In a cultivated field about 1/4 m. [mile] NE. [North East] of Barvernockan
is a standing stone of conglomerate measuring
3'.10" in height above ground, 5'.3" in breadth,
1'.8" in thickness, and facing S [South] by E [East].

Fort "The Doon" S. [South] Cluttag
At the S. [South] end of a plantation which runs S'ward [Southward]
from the roadside and about 1/2 m. [mile] SSE. [South South East] of South
Clutag farm is a prominent rock which with
steep sides rises to a height of 12' to 14' on the
N. [North] and some 25' on the S [South]. Around the base
except on the SE. [South East] & E [East] where the ground falls
sharply from the base of the rock there has been
excavated a narrow trench some 7' to 10' in
width. The summit appears to have been
surrounded by a broad stony mound or delapidated wall but
as in addition to trees the whole is overgrown
with brackens rising to a height of over 6' details
are not patent to observation. The fort is
said to be an irregular oval in form measuring
120' from E [East] to W. [West] by 100' from N. [North] to S. [South] and the
entrance is said to be at the S. [South] and 12' wide.
(Rev. [Reverend] G. Wilson's Ref.) [Notes of Antiquities of Wigtownshire]

Mochrum Par. [Parish] Mote Hill Crailloch - (5)
Some 250 yds. [yards] NE. [North East] by E [East] of Crailloch Farm
a rocky ridge running in a NE'ly [North Easterly] direction terminates with a height of
from 15' to 20' above the surrounding level.
The highest point supplemented with material

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