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Palaeography help needed please

Can anyone help me transcribe the information on this picture please? Thank you. 

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Geert Ouweneel zei op wo, 08/12/2020 - 10:16

I can't make a close transcription of the text, but I have an idea what it's all about.
I think it describes the measurements of the castle. Height 12 yards, breadth 11 yards, length 12 yards.
The hill on which the castle is situated is 50 yards high. The castle is safe because it is surrounded by quagmire.

 

Wendy Tait zei op wo, 08/12/2020 - 22:45

Thank you so much. I really appreciate your help. 

Robert Urquhart zei op vr, 08/14/2020 - 22:39

Dear Wendy

Gert has read it pretty well. I think the breadth might be 12 yards, but I need another look. The writer uses some slightly idiosyncratic letter forms.

Presumably this relates to Castlemilk, near Lockerbie, in the south-west of Scotland.

Here is my reading, but I'd like to consult with some colleagues.

 

[Above castle]
castell mylk

 

[on front of the castle]
on hiecht xij yerd
in breid xij yer
in thiknes
tuo yerdis half  

 

[on the side of the castle]
lenth xij 
yerdis

on breid
vj yerds

 

[Underneath]
this bank js on heicht fyfety
yerdis & abief [or abuf] & Invirronis the
castell thre quertes x more

 

[At the bottom]
the watter mylk

Wendy Tait zei op za, 08/15/2020 - 12:41

Thank you very much. I am very grateful for your help. 

Robert Urquhart zei op ma, 08/17/2020 - 14:00

Some corretions (kleine correcties)

[Above the castle - boven het kasteel]
castell mylk

[On the front of the castle - aan de voorkant van het kasteel]
on hiecht xij yerd
in breid xij yer
in thiknes
tuo yerdis half

[On the side - aan de kant]
lenth xij
yerdis
on breid
vj yerds

[Underneath the castle - onder het kasteel]
this bank js on heicht fyfety
yerdis & abuf & Invirronis the
castell thre querter[is] & more

[At the bottom - onderaan]
the watter mylk

 

In modern English, I think it means that the bank was 50 yards high (and higher in some places) and surrounded the castle on more thsn 3 sides.

Wendy Tait zei op di, 08/18/2020 - 18:33

Thank you so much. I really appreciate your help.

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