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down from the summit at the SE [South East] and
is carried Westward along the edge of the shoulder
of the hill for what appears to be a distance of
400 or 500 yds. [yards] terminating at the edge of a
mossy hollow beyond which a precipitous rocky
face forms a natural defence on the W. [West].
The absence of the wall across the short
stretch of wet peat is remarkable but it
may be due to the difficulty of obtaining a
firm foundation on such material. Below
this wall except for a space of about 150
yards where there is an almost complete ab:
:sence of stone, there is a perfect network
of ruined walls or piled stones enclosing
irregular spaces as if to break the force
of an attack. At the W. [West] end of the
hill above the mossy peaty hollow the
same system of defence is repeated but at
a higher level than on the S [South] face and an
open space is left varying from 20 to 60
yds. [yards] or thereby in width between the lower
edge of this defence at its S. [South] end and the wall
along the edge of the shoulder. Enclosing
the more or less level portion of the
summit towards the W [West] is another
wall 4' to 5' thick and at highest some

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