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mound, now low and inconspicuous,
some 20' outside and brought round to
rest on the second mound at its E. [East] termination.
Its termination near the WNW. [West North West] is less apparent.
Facing WNW [West North West] is a narrow break in the second
mound about 4' across which seems to be an
entrance and at the N. [North] a roadway some 7' in
breadth leads up into the interior passing
diagonally through the defences from the NW. [North West].
From SE [South East] a natural hollow runs out from the fort flanked
on the W. [West] by the face of an outcropping rock
and at the head of it within the inner rampart
on the W. [West] side are the foundations of a small
circular structure measuring interiorly some
7' and over all 12'. The ramparts of the
fort are of earth and stone. The innermost
has been the highest and has no where a
height exceeding about 5' on the side of
the lower slope and about 2' above the
interior. Both ramparts have been pillaged
for stones to an excessive degree, in some
places having been entirely removed and
at no distant date.

4th July 1911
A wet day so wrote up my journal.

5th July 1911.
Bicycled N. [North] to Loch Ochiltree to examine
various objects noted by Mr. Muir, the Minister.

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