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Page 47
... slopes , but with a small heap of stones on the top . The slope falls on a retaining stone wall 4 ft . high which girths the foot with a circumference of 280 ft . There is no sign of a trench , and the term Moat ( mote ) was adopted on ...
... slopes , but with a small heap of stones on the top . The slope falls on a retaining stone wall 4 ft . high which girths the foot with a circumference of 280 ft . There is no sign of a trench , and the term Moat ( mote ) was adopted on ...
Page 50
... calls it a very distinct and well- marked earthen fort , measuring internally 154 by 124 ft . , rectangular in form , with two trenches on the slope , varying from 24 50 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY , DECEMBER 11 , 1899 .
... calls it a very distinct and well- marked earthen fort , measuring internally 154 by 124 ft . , rectangular in form , with two trenches on the slope , varying from 24 50 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY , DECEMBER 11 , 1899 .
Page 51
... slope of the hill on the S. of the fort , there are several other well - marked trenches , which may have been thrown up as outworks to protect the fort on that the most vulnerable side . T t M - H T to de altesther of FORTS , CAMPS ...
... slope of the hill on the S. of the fort , there are several other well - marked trenches , which may have been thrown up as outworks to protect the fort on that the most vulnerable side . T t M - H T to de altesther of FORTS , CAMPS ...
Page 53
... slope , but the construction of the house and garden no doubt caused great alterations and the destruction of the defences there . On the N.W. the steep scarp again appears , but without the trench . A small burn runs at the foot of the ...
... slope , but the construction of the house and garden no doubt caused great alterations and the destruction of the defences there . On the N.W. the steep scarp again appears , but without the trench . A small burn runs at the foot of the ...
Page 47
... slopes , but with a small heap of stones on the top . The slope falls on a retaining stone wall 4 ft . high which girths the foot with a circumference of 280 ft . There is no sign of a trench , and the term Moat ( mote ) was adopted on ...
... slopes , but with a small heap of stones on the top . The slope falls on a retaining stone wall 4 ft . high which girths the foot with a circumference of 280 ft . There is no sign of a trench , and the term Moat ( mote ) was adopted on ...
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24 inches Abbey Aberdeenshire Alexander Andrew Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Archæological bearing arms fig Bible Bishop built burh Cathedral centre charter Christopher Barker Church circle circular cist copy crescents cross cups Domesday Dunbar Earl Earl of Mar earth-house earthworks edge Edinburgh Elgin Elgin Cathedral entrance Ethelfleda excavation F.S.A. Scot feet fess chequy Genevan version Ground Plan heads erased height Hill Hill Fort hole Holyrood Palace impaling Imprinted at London inch in thickness inches inches in breadth inches in diameter inches in length inches in width incised initials inscription interior James John lion LL.D Longforgan marked mote motte motte and bailey motte-and-bailey mound Museum Norman castle ornamented oval palace panel Peeblesshire pillar Pluscardin portion probably Quency rampart Recumbent Stone Robert round Royal Scotland Scottish side slab slope Society Spynie Palace St Blane's Standing Stones Stewart Terrace Towers trench vitrified