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ravine to the West, and pointing to the extension of the 

 defences in that dird;tion. This is a most admirable example 

 of the moated mounds, such as are so numerous in the 

 South- West of Scotland, and now generally accepted as the 

 constructions on which the wooden castles of the Normans 

 were erected. Besides this monument, there are in the 

 neighbourhood the remains of a defensive construction above 

 the banks of the Tweed near Milne Graden, situated partly 

 in a small covert and partly in a field where the road from 

 Coldstream turns sharply to the left away from the river. 

 The remains of three formidable ramparts are still apparent." 



