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to a trifling level on the exterior. The entrance seems
to have been into the lower point.

St. Mungos Par [Parish] Fort (remains) Nutholm Hill.
At the N. [North] end on Nutholm Hill an eminence which lies
about 1/4 m. [mile] to the N E. [North East] of Nutholm hill farm is a fragment
of a rampart some 60 ft. [feet] in length with a trench to the
outside the bottom of which lies some 3 ft. [feet] below the
crest of the scarp, the remains of fort which
at one time evidently crowned the summit
The enceinte has probably been cunilinear. The
summit does not appear to have been levelled or
excavated. It commands a fine prospect of both
Dryfesdale and Annandale to the Northward.

Enclosure Nutholm
On the lower slope of Nutholm hill some [blank] yds. [yards]
to the E [East] of Nutholmhill farm are the very faint
remains of an oval enclosure partially destroyed
by the road and greatly demolished by the plough.
A broad inner bank which has surrounded it
is discernible towards the W. [West] and a slight hollow
indicating a trench.

St. Mungo's Churchyard
Some 12 ft. [feet] out from the S. [South] gable of the old
church of St. Mungo stands a gravestone
2'.9'' above ground and 1'.11'' in breadth elaborately
sculptured. In the centre of the angular head of
the stone is a shield charged with three bells.
on the dexter side the figure of a man in
a long skirted coat, on the sinister that of a

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