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the deep Glendinning Cleuch with a return on the
face of the bank to Westward and a shard decline
to Eastward. The plateau is encircled by two
great mounds leaving an uneven hollow in
the centre dipping towards the SE. [South East]. At the W. [West]
side a level pitch has been laid across the
end of the plateau cut through the mound on
the N. [North] and reaching to the face of the glen on
the S. [South]: this is modern. The mound on the N. [North] is
traceable following the edge of the glen for a
long distance Westward and is without doubt
natural and I am inclined to consider the
mound on the E. [East] and S. [South] sides of the plateau
similarly so. On the S. [South] side, however, at the
base of the mound on the exterior is a dis:
:tinctly artificial terrace along the side of the
glen which is continued round the E. [East] to
the N. [North] side where it lies some 30' below the
crest of the mound. The level of the interior
which is quite small is some 15' below the
crest of the N. [North] mound. I do not believe
that this has been a fort. The O.S. [Ordnance Survey] marks it
as the site of a castle and the terraces &c.
may have had some connection with it.

12 June 1912.
Dalgarnoch Churchyard. Within the churchyard
are one or two late 17th century tombstones

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