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On his left a skeleton stands on a skull grasping
a spear in his left hand. Above the man's
head is an hour glass and at the apex of the
stone an angel with outspread wings
Within the Graham enclosure are two upright
slabs dated 1681 and 1682 commemorating, one
"Ane honest gentleman John Graham of Shaw" and
the other "ane honest gentleman William Graham
of Shaw."

Enclosure Dryfe Lodge (8)
This appears to have been a square or oblong
enclosure but two sides have disappeared
beneath the buildings of Dryfe Lodge and
its outhouses. It is situated where the bank
facing the Dryfe Water on the E [East] side of the
valley makes a sudden bend outwards at
right angles towards the stream which flows
by about 100 yds. [yards] distant. The bank has an
elevation of from 20 to 30 ft. [feet] and in itself forms
a considerable defence on the N. [North] and W. [West]. The
area, the original dimensions of which are unobtainable, is surrounded
on the two remaining sides by a broad rampart
of earth and stone varying from 3 ft. [feet] to 5 ft. [feet]
in height on the interior and sloping uniformly
with the bank to the base of it. The W. [West] side is straight
but the N. [North] curves somewhat. There are two
breaks through the rampart into the interior

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