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[Page] 172

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[Opposite page photograph inserted] Broch-like Structure Kirkandrews

[Margin] Borgue.
Roberton Mote

This mote hill rises abruptly from the left
bank of the Pulwhirrin Burn about 1/4 m. [mile] E by N. [East by North]
of Roberton & equally near a place bearing the significant name of Ingleston. The lower portion of the hilloch
appears to be natural rock on the top of which
the mound has been made up and levelled .
with an elevation of from 18' to 20'
above the bottom of the ditch. In form it is
a truncated ellipse, with its longest axis
almost E [East] & W. [West], straight along the W. [West] end and
curved at the E [East]. Its superficial measurements
are 91' by 44'. From a point 6' in elevation
above the bed of the burn on the NE. [North East] a
deep trench, with a depth of about 10' below the
counterscarp and a width of from 40' - 50'
is carried round to the SW [South West] where a
hollow leads up and out of it, and is thence
continued with a return to the edge of the
burn cut through rock.

[Margin] Borgue
Barmagachan Mote.

This small Mote is situated in a
wood about 100 yds. [yards] SSE. [South South East] of the farm house
of Barmagachan with the road to Borgue
from Gatehouse on the NE [North East] and a small stream
on the E [East]. It is a simple truncated cone in
form with an elevation of about 20' and summit
diameter of 60' and 54'. A low circular
bank about 5' wide passes around the summit,

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