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Standing to the right of the front door of Cumstoun
House is the basin of a small font which
is said to have been brought from Dundren:
:nan Abbey. It measures, in diameter over all
2'.1": across the basin 1'.4 1/2": in depth on the
exterior 1' and in the interior 7". It is formed
with eight segmental mouldings placed vertically
around it, each 7" broad at base .

Kirkcudbright Tongland
Carse Moat.
This fort is situated about 1/4 m. [mile] to the E [East] of
Tongland Bridge a short distance to the
S W. [South West] of the farm of Upper Carse. It lies
towards the NE. [North East] end of a broad flat
ridge which overlooks the river and atop
of a wooded bank which slopes for some
30' to the meadows which intervene between
it and the river Dee. The construction is
ellipsoidal in form with its main axis
[--] and [--] levelled and steeply scarped
all round
to a height varying from 5' to 10'. The
interior measurements are 165' from ? N [North] to S. [South]
by 140' from E [East] to W [West]. The scarp has evidently
been surmounted by a stony parapet
traces of which may be seen at the NE [North East]
angle. At the N [North] end, some 21' out from
the base of the scarp there are the remains
of a rampart 12' wide at base, and some

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