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as far as I can judge from the remains, the building
is 15th Century.

? Mote Cumstoun. House .
At the edge of the Glen to the NE [North East] of Cumstoun
House there is a somewhat irregular four
sided earthwork formed on the edge of a
high bank by the excavation of a trench
around three sides. On the W. [West] this trench
is well defined with a width at
the top of 25' and a depth of 11' and appears
to have borne a mound above the counter-
-scarp: Along the N. [North] side it is still traceable
but on the E. [East] it has been almost obliterated.
On the summit there is a peculiar oblong
hollow lying WSW. [West South West] and ENE. [East North East] measuring some
60' in length by 34' in breadth and about 4'
in depth the sides of which are well defined all
round except towards the S [South] . The position
of this mound rising above a steep bank is
suggestive of a mote hill but the
elevation of the mound itself is rather low. The
meaning of the hollow is not obvious .
Miss Maitland had done a little excavation
in this hollow but found nothing . She kindly
procured a labourer who cleared out the
pits previously dug but the sections exposed
showed no indications of building or ruins .

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