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across the landward base and throwing up a
rampart on either side of it. The diameter from
the crest of the inner rampart to the apex of the
triangle is 78' and the length of the base measured
along the inner rampart on 70'. The defences
have been formidable measuring some 70' over
all. & the ditch still has a depth of 5' or thereby . The outer rampart has been considerably
ploughed down

Boreland of Colvend.
About 1/4 m. [mile] NW. [North West] of the farm of Boreland of
Colvend there is an oblong natural hillock rising
from what has been marshy ground. At the
S. [South] end the scarp appears to have been steepened
and the SE. [South East] and SW [South West] angles are regularly rounded
but the whole hillock has evidently been ploughed
over and built upon to such an extent that
it bears little more than a general resemblance
to a mote hill . A ruined cottage stands at
one end and to the N. [North] of it are foundations
believed to be those of farm buildings. A
wall which appears at the upper edge of the
bank on the NE. [North East] I am sure is not ancient.

Colvend Churchyard
Lying some 30 yds. [yards] S. [South] from the W. [West] end of
Colvend church is a slab measuring 5'.6" in
length by 1'.10" in breadth the inscription on
which is effaced but which is probably of late
17th Century date. At each end of the stone

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