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appears to be a garb on either side

Meg ? Todd's Mote Moffat
Situated some 300 yds [yards] South of the Moffat Mote.
and 100 yds [yards] or thereby to the East of Ballplay
Road are the remains of a small oval en:
:closure on the summit of a hillock which
rises some 15 to 20 ft [feet] above the lowest level
of the field, with steepish slopes to North and
South. The enclosure has lain with its longest
axis East and West and measured in
diameter 66 feet by 48 ft. [feet] The summit has
been levelled, but under the action of the
plough all other traces of art have disappeared

Fort (site) Well burn Moffat
On the rising ground immediately behind
the well house at Moffat and bordering
on the West bank of the burn is the site
of a fort. The remains consist of a
segment of a stony rampart towards the
edge of the burn with a portion of what
appears to have been a semi lunar outer
court at the South end. The interior does
not appear to have been hollowed by excavation

Fort (site) Well burn Moffat
On the higher slope about 100 yds [yards to the
North West and about 50 feet higher in
elevation are the remains of another fort
which appears to have been enclosed by a
stone wall. The outline is now difficult to

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