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fort with probably a double rampart and inter:
:vening ditch supplemented over a projecting
shoulder to the West by an additional rampart,
but from long cultivation the defences are now
low and inconspicuous. The enceinte appears
to have been an ellipse measuring some 400 ft. [feet]
by 350 ft [feet]. (O. S. [Ordnance Survey] measurement)
The Minister & his wife were most kind in
giving us tea in the manse garden before we
took the road homeward. At the manse there

'Deid Bell'
is preserved the parish "deid " bell inscribed
simply with the name Torthorwald and the
date 1746. The bell in the church belfry bears
a date and inscription but Mr. Campbell
believes the former is subsequent to 1707.
Torthorwald Castle is an interesting fragment
largely by reason of the formidable character
of its ditches & outworks.

22nd Aug. [August]
Another hopelessly wet day - rain falling in :
: cessantly till 5:0p.m. Fortunately I had enough
notes to write up to keep me busy all day.

23rd Augt. [August] 1912.
Car to the foot of Glenae thence on foot up the
glen to Craigshiels.

Kirkmichael Par. [Parish]
Small cairns & Hut circle Craigshiels.
From the bottom of the glen of the Water of
Ae to E [East] and W. [West] steep banks tower upwards
for some 300 ft. [feet] to broad stretches of moorland

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