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Johnstone Par. [Parish] Fort. Mote Cottage O.S. [Ordnance Survey] Mote
On the E. [East] bank of the Kinnell Water about 1/4 m. [mile]
E. [East] by S. [South] of the farm of Ross mains rises a
grassy hillock marked as a mote on the
O.S. [Ordnance Survey] Map. It is a natural gravel mound, lying
with its longest axis N. [North] and S. [South] with an elevation
rising from 18 ft. [feet] at the N. [North] end to 26 ft. [feet] at the S. [South]
steeply sloped on the N. [North] and W. [West] and falling by an
easier gradient to its base on the S. [South] and E. [East].
The ground around is low-lying meadow land
and while at the present day the Kinnell Water
flows by some ? 150 yds [yards] to the Westward
an old channel marked by pools of stagnant
water lies at its base. The summit has been
surrounded by a bank of earth and stone
enclosing an area measuring some 100 ft. [feet]
by 40 ft. [feet] It slopes from W. [West] to E [East] as well as from
N. [North] to S. [South] and at no point has been levelled as
would be the case in a mote hill. At the
lowest point on the E. [East] side towards the N. [North]
end there is an entrance 8 ft. [feet] wide approached
up the slope from the base and on the right
of it against the bank there appears to be
an oblong foundation probably of turf at
the E. [East] end of which at a level some 5 ft. [feet] lower
is a circular hollow dug out of the face
of the bank measuring 11 ft. [feet] in diameter.

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