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oval lying with its longest axis NW. [North West] and SE., [South East] measuring
interiorly some 161 ft. [feet] in length by 142 ft. [feet] in breadth
at the centre, and broadening somewhat to its SE. [South East] ex:
:tremity. From NNW. [North North West] round by N. [North] to the SE. [South East] the steep bank
of the river affords a formidable defence. Elsewhere
the area is bounded by a rampart rising but
slightly above the interior, covered in front by a
broad trench some 45ft. [feet] in width and 5ft. [feet] in depth
beyond which rises a second rampart, now much
worn down, with a slighter trench in front of it.
The entrance has been from the East at a point
where the bank on the North commences to slope steeply
towards the river. The outer defences curve round the
Southern half of the oval from the flank of this approach
to the edge of the bank on the West.
Within the fort has been erected an idealized stone
circle an account of the erection of which is
contained in a MS [manuscript] Journal entitled Antiquarian
Researches by the late Thomas Johnston & under the date 1827.

Mote. Dinning Closeburn Par. [Parish]
This mote lies some [blank] yds [yards] North of the farm
of Dinning and with its base court or bailey
is fashioned on a long natural hillock lying
NW. [North West] and SE. [South East] which rises out of a sketch of haugh:
:land reaching to the nith about 1/4 m. [mile] to the West:
:ward. The East slope of the valley commences
to rise sharply some 50 yds. [yards] distant from the
base of the hillock. From the SE. [South East] end

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