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end of which a flake has been knocked off leaving
a sharp fracture edge about 1'' in depth. The
markings appear on both sides of this line
both at the base of the fracture & the top of it
and even were the lines more suggestive of
design it is in the highest degree improbable that
an artist would have selected a broken surface
of this nature for the exercise of his art!

Kirkpck. [Kirkpatrick] Juxta Mote Garpol Water
Situated some 80 ft [feet] back from the right
bank of the Garpol Water in the moorland
and by the side of the road which leads over
the hills from Egypt to Holmshaw is a
prominent flat topped hillock which has
been fashioned by art into a mote and
bailey. It is oval lying with its main
axis N W. [North West] and S E [South East] and its level summit
of the same form measures some 107 feet
by 36 ft [feet] in diameter. The level of the
surrounding ground falls towards the
Garpol Water on the North so that the greatest
elevation of the mote is on that side its
altitude being 30 ft. [feet] on the north side and
15 feet on the South. Around the base
except where destroyed by the roadway on
the South East is a well defined trench
having a breadth varying from 22 feet to

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