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11 Aug 1908.
Harryburn Lauder. A belated letter from Mr Owen
Secretary to the Welsh Commission wishing to come to
Edinb [Edinburgh] to see me arrived this morning. I shall try to arrange
to see him next month in London. At 9.45 I met Mr Duthie
the schoolmaster and Mr. McConochie the parish minister

Black Chester
at the gate & on bicycles set off for Blackchester
camp. The fort is situated in the middle of a thick
fir wood, the interior open but covered with thick
grass and mostly enclosed with a high wire netting
fence for rearing pheasants. I found it much as
described. On the N. [North] side where the defences are
highest I found, the inner mound 7’ above the ditch
the Mid. rampart 13 ft. [feet] above the middle ditch & the
outer rampart 6 ft. [feet] high on outside. From the top of
the counterscarp of the outer ditch to the crest of
the inner rampart the distance is 123 ft. [feet] viz.
28 ft. [feet] from counterscarp to crest of outer mound, 43 ft. [feet]
from outer to middle and 52 ft. [feet] from middle to inner.
In the interior near the centre is a small depression
11 ft. x 6 ft. [11 feet x 6 feet] and 3 ft. [feet] deep. The entrances are 2.
One direct thro’ [through] the W.S.W. [West South West] about 9 ft. [feet] wide the
other on the East side. A ride of a mile or
so brought us to the foot of the hill at Addinston.

Addinston
The camp is a most remarkable example of a
hill fort. In shape an irregular oval much
as described. The entrances are at the S.E [South East] and
through the middle of the W. [West] side. In front of

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