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to the Kelphope burn. From the same side
and passing round the Western end a low
mound or terrace is visible about 70 ft. [feet] below
the level of the summit, which rises as it passes
towards the S. [South] side of the spur where it is lost.
The flanks & end of the hill are steep and easily defensible.

Tollis Hill.
Leaving the keeper at the burn I proceeded up the
glen and breasting the hill that blocks the end
of it found the camp of Tollis Hill in a grassy
enclosure (?) to the N.W. [North West] of the shepherds House. It
is a fine fort circular in outline, well preserved
towards the West and North but somewhat dilap:
:idated on the S.E. [South East]. It’s defences consist of a
single rampart and ditch and a low parapet
on the top of the counterscarp. The rampart is
stoney but probably of earth & stones, and judging from
the debris on the counterscarp the parapet has
probably been of stone. On the N. [North] where the
defences are best preserved the crest of the rampart is from
12 – 13 ft. [feet] above the bottom of the ditch & 3 – 4 ft. [feet]
above the level of the interior. From its crest to
that of the counterscarp which is 8 or 9 ft. [feet] below
is a distance of 29 ft. [feet]. There is a well preserved
entrance on the W. [West] 6 – 8 ft. [feet] across with the ditch terminating
on either side & the parapet brought round the
ends to meet the rampart. On the N.S.W. and S.E. [North South West and South East] are
other entrances but it is doubtful if they are original.

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