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certainly been shaped to some extent by
air. It does not seem to be a mote hill
as its elevation on the side towards the
house is only a few feet though on the
other three sides it has somewhat of that
aspect. Major Carruthers
has a nice triangular perforated axe-
-hammer some 6 or 7 ins. [inches] in longest diameter.
Mr. Bell-Irving informed me that a
cairn like monument which I had noted
in front of a farm about 1/4 mile to the East
of Ecclefechan was opened some years
ago by a Lady, when it was found to be
formed entirely of earth. Nothing was found
within it.

Kirkpatrick-Fleming Par. [Parish] Robgill
On an angular promontory to the North
-West of Robgill Tower bounded on the
South East by the Robgill and on the
North by the haughland by the side of
the Kirtle above which it has an elevation of from 40 to 50 ft [feet].] is a promomtory fort. In form
the enceinte is triangular contained by a
single trench which passes in a curve
from the side of the gill to the edge of
the bank overlooking the Kirtle, having
had a slight rampart on the scarp
probably surmounted by a narrow

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