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had beeen some demolition at this point. At the
base of the hillock on the East and South there
passes a roadway the construction of which
has caused the destruction of the ditch in these
directions. I have instructed McGibbon
to make a plan & sections of this "mote" and
there must be a published account of its
history. There are various references to its
construction in George Nutsons "Peel: what is it?"
The weather still continues wet & unsettled.
It has been the worst summer for many a year.

22nd Augt [August] 1912
Kirkmichael Enclosure Cars Wood
In the heart of the Cars Wood, 1/4 m. [mile] to the N E. [North East] of
Gillrig and on low lying ground is a
circular enclosure, a disc of low elevation
with a diameter of some 120 ft. [feet] surrounded by
a single rampart apparently of earth and stone
some 14 ft. [feet] broad at base, rising but little
above the level of the interior and with at most
a height of 3 ft. [feet] 6 ins. [inches] above the floor of a slight
trench in front of it.

Johnstone (7) Fort over Garrel
There is nothing here recognisable as the site
of a fort except a few stones at the base of
a slope which may have been in a wall or rampart.

Johnstone Par. [Parish] Fort (5) Tanners Lynn Roehills
This is a small semi-oval fort, the oval
bisected obliquely and in its periphery exclusive
of the chord presenting four distinct facets

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