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looking man, whose informant was an old woman
(93 when she dies) an eyewitness, was that it had
originally been brought to repair the old church
but not being used was left lying for long in
front of a cottage door whence it was placed in
its present position one New Year's Day. Mr.
Murray of Murraythwaite regards this tale
as very doubtful and the pillar is not
of such a nature as would suggest its suitab:
:ility for church repairs.

Cummertrees Par. [Parish] Moss Castle Murraythwaite
Within a thick fir plantation about 1/4 mile
South by West of Murraythwaite House is
a circular enclosure with a diameter
of [blank] (O.S. [Ordnance Survey] Measurement.) surrounded
by a bold rampart of earth and stone
some 5 ft. [feet] in height above the general
level of the interior and attaining to its
greatest height on the exterior towards the
West where it is 9 feet high, with a trench
in front some 32 ft [feet] in width from crest to
crest but now very shallow and a
mound above the counterscarp. The
entrance has been from the East - approx:
:imately 7 feet in width at the lowest
point of the interior and some 3 ft. [feet] below
that of the highest part.

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