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4 ft. [feet] 7 ins. [inches] in height above ground and triangular
in section. This stone is said to have been
erected to mark the spot where Prince
Charlie's troops bivouacked on their march
into England in the '45.

13th Sept. [September] 1912
K'patrick [Kirkpatrick] Juxta.
This fort rests on the edge of a precipitous
bank which with a height of from 60 to 80 feet
forms the S. [South] side of the woody dell down
which there flows the [blank] burn forming
the boundary between the parishes of Kirk:
:patrick Juxta and Moffat. Its elevation
is some 650 ft. [feet] above sea level. The region
in which it is situated is one of billowy
ridges and hillocks dropping gradually
to the valley of the Annan the fort itself
occupying a small level plateau separated
on the W. [West] and S. [South] West from rapidly mounting
heights by a steepish declivity. The enceinte
is an irregular semicircle surrunded
except along the edge of the ravine by a
massive grass grown but stony mound
the elevation of which is increased on the
inside by the excavation of the ground
in rear of it giving it a height of some
4 ft. [feet] while on the exterior it appears to

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