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but commencing with a vertical stroke and
probably a K. In the opposite corner is a
figure [ ] which I interpret as the Arabic 4.
The coat below the royal arms is no longer
decipherable. At the entrance to the court of the
outbuildings ? lying on the top of the wall is
another shield with a concave surface
bearing arms 3 spur rowels with a crescent
in fes. The castle belongs to Mrs Murray Stewart.

Castramont Ho. [House]
Fort. at.
The remains of a fort here are now hardly
distinguishable and are confined to a bank
curving from the W. [West] side of the house in
almost a semi-oval to the edge of the carriage
drive on the E. [East] The house and garden have
both been formed on the site and the incid:
:ental paths, buildings & plantings have all
helped to obliterate the remains. Mr Coles
may be quoted: In the garden is small
circular a slightly terraced mound some
6' in height referred to by Mr Kerrlie as
the remains of the "proetorium" Mr Cole's
explanation of it as the ruins of a cottage
are borne out by the stones & modern mortar
exposed where a recess has been cut in it
for a garden seat!

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