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the dividing trench by a rampart and has also
a rampart enclosing it to the outside. There
is no indication of a trench around
it and the interior area is sunk below the
ground level on the W [West] or upper side.
This enclosure forms a semicircle measuring
interiorly 72ft. [feet] by 44ft. [feet] There is a very
wide entrance into the main enclosure at
the SE [South East] angle at the end of the E [East] side on
unexcavated ground over the trench. On the
thick turf in front of it there appear some lines
suggesting foundations of a covering wall or
bailey. There is now no visible entrance
into the Northern enclosure.

Mote Ryehill.
Some 170yds [yards] to the SW [South West] of Ryehill Farm
and on the edge of a steep bank which
falls to the haughs to the North of the
Nith is a knoll bearing the name of the Mote.
It has the appearance of having been
regularly scarped all round and presents
a fairly level summit, but on the side
away from the river it has an elevation
of some 8 ft. [feet] and except where the
ground dips on the NW [North West] side it does not
attain to a greater height than 10ft. [feet]. There
is no indication of a trench having existed

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