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That at the S.W. [South West] opens into a large circular hollow
where stones may have been quarried from or it may
have been a cattle pend. There are considerable signs
of circular foundations in the interior some of
which look like cattle folds. The measurement
of the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] may be taken for diameter as I had
no assistant.

Hillhouse
After a long walk down the glen I recovered
my bicycle & reached Hillhouse Farm on the W. [West]
side of the valley. The fort is situated immediately
to the N. [North] of it. It is a large irregular pear shaped
enclosure – which has suffered considerably from
quarrying which still continues. Its site forms the S [South]
termination of Ditcher Hill. Towards the N. [North] where the
ground is fairly level there have been three ramparts;
& on the North West, where the ground rises a ditch.
The outer is at the N.W. [North West] in places about 9 ft. [feet]
high towards the exterior & 3 – 4 ft [feet] on the inside
34 ft. [feet] in rear of it is the second mound which is
low & trifling and 50 ft. [feet] in rear the inner rampart
3 – 4 ft. [feet] high on either side. There have been no
ditches between the 3 ramparts. The three ramparts
at the S. [South] end form terraces round the abrupt
termination of the hill – There are numerous
circular and semicircular excavations in
the interior especially on the E. [East] flank. (Further
details may be taken from descriptions)

Carfrae
Bicycled on to Carfrae (locally pronounced Car’thra’e)
Here after a considerable search in a grassy field

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