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into the higher position and another from the E. [East].
Cairn no. 13.
This object is comparatively modern having been
erected to mark the spot where a man named
Young was murdered or killed accidentally.
Fort Brocklinns (8)
This foort is situated on the Wauchope Water
some 3 ms. [miles] to the W. [West] of Langholm, about 1/2 m. [mile]
due N. [North] of the farm of Block and at the N E. [North East] end
of the Black Bull Bank which with a height
of some 50 ft. [feet] encircles a meadow on the right
bank of the stream. The enceinte is an
irregular oval, somewhat straight on the
S W. [South West] where it rests on the edge of the bank
measuring 165' by 119' and surrounded
horseshoe ways by a trench some 2 ft. [feet] in width
cut through peat with a mound on each side
and a depth of 3'.6''. The inner mound has
an elevation of some 2.ft. [feet] above the interior
and the outer one rise but slightly above
the exterior ground level. There appears to
have been a wall along the edge of the bank
and on the crest of the inner mound there
are remains of stone work visible at the
N W. [North West] angle.
Enclosure Glentenmount (5)
This enclosure is situated up the glen
of the Glentenmount Burn on the N. [North] side
of the Glen, 200 ' above the burn, 900 ft. [feet] above
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