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faintly discernible outline of a low rampart
containing an oval enceinte.

Torthorwald Church
Set into the outer face of the West wall of the vestry
is a slab of red sandstone imperfect at one end and reduced
along the sides measg [measuring] 5'.4" by 1'.5" on which is carved in relief
a floriated cross from which the base has
been broken off. On the sinister side of the
cross shaft is a double edged sword with a segmented pom:
:mell and depressed quillons surmounted of a
shield bearing a saltire and a chief
On the dexter side of the cross is part of an in:
:scription the first portion of which I venture to
translate "Who died 1450 " The latter part so far is
beyond me. I procured from the minister, Mr
Campbell, a table and pair of steps from which
I tried to obtain a photograph but the light was
bad and the result will probably be unsatisfactory
Built into the North side of the vestry is a small
stone inscribed with the letters W M H [M is above the line of W H] and the date
1644. It probably commemorates a minister
whose name may be found in Scott's "Fasti Ecclesiae"

Camp Hill Torthorwald
The Camp Hill is a commanding eminence
that rises to an altitude of 612 ft. [feet] above sea
level to the N E. [North East] of Torthorwald from which a
most extensive view is obtained over Nithsdale.
Its upper eminence has been converted into a

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