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with the scarp lies at an angle of about 40º
Though no ditch is now exposed there is a
slight depression visible at the base which
probably indicates its former existence and
within the paling which bounds it on the N W [North West]
there may possibly be a segment filled up
with blocks of masonry from some demolished
building, at no distant date.

Lincluden
This building a lovely but fragmentary ruin
has been already visited and planned by Mac:
:Gibbon. The remaining portion of greatest interest
is the chancel with its roodloft and chancel arch
almost all the rest of the church except a
portion of the South transeplet chapel is gone.
The style is late decorated and rich in detail
with numerous coats of arms in:
:serted. A very full description by the late
Mr. Barbour will be found in the Transactions
of the Dumfries & Galloway Antiq Soc. [Antiquary Society]. The
effigy of Lady Margaret has, however, been
restored to its niche on the north side of the
chancel since the above article was written.
The inscription in black letters at the back of
the tomb is not very easily read but after a
little study I succeeded in deciphering most
of it & found the missing words in "Harpers"