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is a mote hill. A rivulet flows by on the N [North]
towards the Abbey burn
and from the top of its bank some 6'-8' high
rises the hillock which has been erected on
a square plan and surrounded by a ditch
opening on the bank of the burn on either
side. The height of the mound is some
12 ft. [feet] on the E. [East] and perhaps a little more on the W. [West] in
which direction the ground level declines. The
summit measures 45' along two sides and
47' and 42' on the others, and is somewhat
broken down at the SSW [South South West] angle rendering
the measurement to that point rather
indefinite. The ditch, which is best preserved
on the E [East] side, but elsewhere traceable, has measured some 26' in
width across the top, and 5' to 6' in depth
On the N. [North] half of the summit is a semi elliptical
depression coming almost to the
edge of the scarp and measuring some
25' in depth, with a chord of the same
length.

8: Sept. 1911
To Kirkcudbright by train where I had
a meeting with Capt. [Captain] Hope of St. Mary's Isle
his factor, the provost, & Mr. Robieson, to advise
them concerning excavations on the
castle dykes mound in a meadow to
the W. [West] of the town. I have no doubt that

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Transcriber's notes

2 lines from bottom - castle dykes? - it does not look like a 'k' but see e.g. https://canmore.org.uk/site/64063/kirkcudbright-castle 'The Edwardian castle at Castledykes was excavated 1911-13'