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E [East] side where it is quite distinct returning
Northwards for a short distance along the top
of the bank facing the water, and terminating
in a bulky flat topped mound.
I took no measurements of this construction
as I was in great doubt of its artificial
character, but on the other hand I do
not see how it came to assume such
a rampart-like aspect by any natural
agency. I hear that the Dumfries & Galloway
Society actually made an excavation
across the mound and recovered some
fragments of pottery:- their Proceedings
may contain some particulars of it.

[Opposite page - text inserted] - Mr. Corrie in his book on the parish of Glencairn
gives some account of the examination of this
rampart. He tells me that its artificial character
was absolutely ascertained; that a ditch silted up
for 6' exists at the base of it: that a paved way runs
along in rear of the mound, and that no pottery
was found in cutting a section through it though
some fragments were found on either the peninsula
or the island

2nd June.
Sunday. Wrote notes & cleared off correspondence.
A wet day which cleared a little in the afternoon
when J. [Jocelyn] & I. suitably clad took the steep hill
road to Tynron kirk lying in a secluded
valley some two long miles away. Ere we reached
our objective the rain commenced to fall
and when we got back to our inn it was very
wet. An old Aberdeen terrier has adopted us & accompanied us
on our walks yesterday and today.

3rd June 1912
J. [Jocelyn] returned to Edinburgh. A doubtful
looking morning with a threatening of
rain but I set off up the Dalwhat glen
to examine the fort on Castle hill. Hardly

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