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It is an oval hillock lying N and S. [North and South] rising by
an easy gradient at the base and steeply
towards the summit. Along the
S. [South] arc of the summit periphery are the distinct
traces of a parapet mound and a little to
the S. [South] of the centre bisecting the plateau
is an oblong hollow measuring interiorly
some 45' by 18', evidently the site of a building.
but showing no remains of ruins. The low
bank which surrounds it is about 4' thick
and appears to have been constructed of
small angular stones laid without mortar
A small depression at the SW. [South West] angle
has probably been an excavation.

"Moat" Brockcleugh
The farm of Brockcleugh stands on the top of
a high bank on the S. [South] of the road about
11/2 [miles] to the ENE. [East North East] of Kirkcudbright and opposite
the 25th milestone from Dumfries. The
O.S. [Ordnance Survey] notes it as occupying a mote.
The farm buildings cover a considerable
part of what appears to be an artificial
eminence raised at a point of the steep
bank facing the roadway. On the W. [West]
beyond the buildings is a plateau extending
for some 112' from N to S [North to South] divided into
two divisions by the slightly higher

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