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the trench the ground rises sharply and completely
dominates the interior. (Coles plan is not
very good & his compass mark is wrong.)

[Margin] Mote Minnigaff Church.

On the tongue of land formed by the confluence
of the Penkill Burn and the River Cree
stands the Mote of Minnigaff. It has been
fashioned from the natural promontory at
the meeting of the high banks which face
the respective streams by a cutting some 50'
to 60' wide - to the S. [South] of which lies the Mote
and to the N. [North] the ruins of the old church
of Minnigaff. Above the streams the
sides of the mote rise to a height of from
60' to 70' but on the W. [West] and S. [South] a road
has been formed some 35' below the
summit and in its construction the
contour of the eminence has been
considerably interfered with. The summit
which is sub oval running to a point
towards the S. [South] measures 106' in length
by 45' in width near the centre. There
is a marked hollow at the N. [North] end into
which a narrow pathway leads up from
the cutting and lying parallel with the
sides 7' back from the edge is clearly traceable
a low stony bank or foundation which curves

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