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its upper surface a sword with deflected
quillions and an ornamented trefoliated pommel.
In the N E. [North East] corner of the ruin lies a large
slab 6' long by 2'4" broad inscribed with boldly
cut characters in relief HERE LYETH ANDREW
DESEY OF GLENSTOKEN VHA DIED TE LAST OF AUGUST
1660 - Harper mentions another stone
bearing arms which I could not find.

28th Augt [August] Writing notes and surveying Parton Mote

29th August 1911
Rerwick Suie Fort
The group of hills of which Ben Gairn
is the most conspicuous member terminates
towards the S W. [South West] with Suie Hill a prominent
eminence risin to a height of [blank] above
sea level. Except towards the N. [North] where its
kindred hills are massed behind it, it com:
:mands a prospect over sea and land
extending for many miles in all directions.
Though its surface is not broken by regular
precipices as is that of Dungarry all around
at its highest levels it is rugged with
small crags and detached masses of rock.
Around the summit are the ruins of a
stone built fort much resembling that on
Dungarry but in a somewhat less ruinous
condition The fort consists of an oblong
enclosure on the top of the hill with its

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