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directions and do not stand on the arc of a
circle. The are probably the remains of some
larger megalithic monument the exact arrange:
:ment of which they do not reveal.

Moffat Mote Auldton
The Mote of Moffat lies to the East of the
Birnock water and about 1/2 mile to the North
East of the parish church engirt by a semi:
:circular setting of hills. It is of the mote
and bailey type - the bailey or base court
resting on the edge of a former river bank
some 10 feet in height, on West, South West,
and South East, while the Mote has been constructed
on rising ground to the North East of it. The
Mote rises to a height of 28 ft., steeply scarped
all round, and measures in diameter on
the summit some 37 ft. by 32 ft. Unfortunately
at some period, probably in complete ignorance
of the true character of the construction, ex:
:cavation has been conducted on the summit,
with the result that it has been hollowed
to a depth of 6 or 7 feet, while the material
through a break on the S [South] West forms
a talus over the trench at its base.
It is entirely surrounded by a
trench some 30 feet in width at the level
of the crest of the counterscarp which has

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