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beyond the mound which encircles the
interior a ditch some 18' in width from crest to
crest and 5' in depth three ramparts with an
average width of about 15' at base and intervening
ditches 18' wide and 4' deep. The inner rampart
rises some 2' above the interior and has a
vertical height of 6' or 7' above the bottom of the
ditch on the outside. At the angles it expands
considerably and on the SW. [South West]
angle there are slight hollow depressions. The
SE. [South East] angle is overgrown with whins and the
details concealed. The interior is suboval
measuring 87' x 72'. The ramparts are of
earth & stone.

Fort Dunnichinnie
Somewhat less than 1/2 m. [mile] WNW. [West North West] of Mullhill
farm on the Mull of Logan on a peninsular
rock is a small prehistoric fort. The rock
rises to a height of 20' to 30' above high water
and lies parallel to the cliff line on the shore from
which it is severed by a deep chasm only
some 5' or 6' wide except at the Southern
end where a narrow wall of rock forms
a bridge. The surface of this rock over which the track
passes lies at a lower level than the
rocks which it connects and the path down to
it is rough & steep while across it passes along a ledge some 2' wide on the face of a sloping rock. Along the edge of the

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