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by a slight hollow possibly secondary opening
into the trench at the East end. At its West end
the trench is partially filled in and to the
north of the filling its breadth reduced to 10 feet
but there is no break in the counterscarp
mound opposite to indicate an entrance.
A break through the counterscarp at its
East end appears to be undoubtedly secondary.

Mossknow Kirkpatrick Fleming
The doorway into the garden at Mossknowe
was removed from a previous mansion
house taken down in the latter half of the
18th century. The lintel measuring 3ft [feet] 10 ins [inches]
by 8 ins [inches] bears at one end a thistle and
at the other a fleur de lys and is inscribed
MWG MI 1663. Soli Deo Honor & Gloria.
The initials stand for the names Mr William Graham
and Margaret Irvine his wife. Above the
panel is a cornice of dog tooth enrichment

Hog-backed stone remains of
In the garden at Mossknow there lies
the central portion of a hog backed
grave stone measuring 2 feet in length
10 inches in depth and 1 foot in breadth
at base. It is carved on one side
with interlaced ornament formed of two
intertwining cords from which proceed
short divergent branches terminating either

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