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gate into the field is a group
of rock sculpturings from time to time ex:
:posed in ploughing but at present covered by
soil . (They are known both to Adam
Birrell and to the shepherd at Cauldside.)

[Margin] Kirkmabreck Par [Parish]
Doon of Carsluith. (unnoted)

A conspicuous ridge lying with its main
axis N. [North] and S. [South] overlooking Carsluith Castle,
and terminating in a bold rugged front to
the Southward bears on its summit some 500' above sea level the
not inconsiderable remains of fortification.
The situation is by nature strongly defended
the hill rising steeply on the W. [West] to a height
of 60' to 80' above the regular slope of the brae
to shoreward, and on the E [East] cut off from
the adjacent hill-top by a narrow glen
some 30' in depth known as the Nick of Doon
and very noticeable from the shore road below.
The rising crest of the ridge from the
Northward has been crossed from flank to flank by a stone
wall some 8' in thickness but now in great
measure removed, Some 36' in rear of
it near the centre of its course and with a gradual
convergence to the Eastward rises a bold
rampart the inner defence some 16' in thickness at base,
which has probably been surmounted by
an inner wall. Along the steep flanks this

[Continued on Page 1, Volume 4 (Curle Diary 10)]