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The bank has an appearance of Antiquity but
what the place has been I cannot tell. It
is not unlike a similar enclosure
in front of the Burn Murdoch's house at St. Abbs.
the dimensions of which I have not by me.)

Peter's Cairn
The O. S. [Ordnance Survey] map indicates this cairn about 1/2 m. [mile]
S S W. [South South West] of Kirkconnell but of it I could find not
a trace.

28 May 1912
Mote of Traqueer
This mote hill is situated at a bend of
the Nith at the S E [South East] extremity of Maxwelltown,
and immediately to the rear of the Mote
House the garden of which occupies the
summit. It rises from a bank facing
the river and some 150 yds [yards] distant from
it and from the meadow below has an
elevation of some 34' while on the N W. [North West] where
the natural level is higher its altitude is
only about 18' but the exact figure is
difficult to ascertain in the latter direction on account of the rubbish
lying at the base. The hillock is circular
and of larger extent, the diameter of the
flat summit taken along the garden
paths, which intersect it, being 127' from
N W [North West] to S E [South East], and 131' from N E [North East] to S W [South West]
All round except in the direction of the
house where it has probably been interfered

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