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S. [South] of the mote a roadway some 10' wide between
parallel mounds leads downwards and giving
on a squarish platform at the foot of the
slope wih a slight mound at its SW. [South West] side and
a dip in the level to the Northward as if the
road had been deflected at right angles to
pass along the end of the hillock beneath
the mote itself. (The architects have planned
this mote and my description must be checked
with their plan.)

Cairn site Old Crawfordton.
Some 200 yds [yards] to the NE. [North East] of the farm house is the
site of a large circular cairn of which little
more than a surrounding fringe of stones remain.
(Mr. Corrie has noted this in his book as a supposed
fort, but I have no doubt as to its true character.)

Glencairn Churchyard
At the E [East] end of the old church of Glencairn
is a fine architectural monument consisting
of a central recessed panel flanked by fluted
pilasters with pyramidal finials. Between
the finials on a cornice is a moulded panel
on which is carved a skull and cross
bones, an hour glass, a spade, a hand
holding a bell and an object resembling an axe.
The central panel has been inscribed but the
inscription has almost entirely weathered off.
Above it five lines of inscription read as

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