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with a slight mound above the scarp and
probably the same above the counterscarp.
Along the East side the trench is barely traceable
and on the NW. [North West] there appears to be a gap of
some 60' where it has disappeared entirely.
(The O.S. [Ordnance Survey] plan seems quite correct.)

Closeburn Churchyard
Lying displaced at the E. [East] side of the
churchyard is a shield shaped stone
1'.11" in greatest diameter bearing in relief
around the margin "Thomas Robson in
Goldiestoun left this life Aug. [August] 3. 1674 aged 70
On the reverse is carved in low relief a
human face and the initials T.R. BM.
This stone is leaning against a slab
heavily carved along one side with a
pillar-like figure enriched with festoons
and terminating in a human head. In:
:cised is an inscription - 'Here lyeth the
corp of John Kirkpatric in Barnwell who
died Jan. [January] 1696. aged 76.' At the foot of
the slab in relief within a cartouche
is a shield charged with a saltire and
on a chief three cushions - over all a
helmet and mantling.
Some 20' to the S [South] is a broken slab with
a 3/4 length figure carved in high relief

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