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with at most an elevation of about 5' above the
level of the loch and measuring in diameter some
50'. Across the E. [East] end of it there runs a slight
stoney ridge and a narrow trench crosses it on
the W. [West] side but it has no definitely defensive lines
remaining about it and its character is indetermin:
:ate. In the plantation on the opposite side of
the road there are no very definite remains either.

Glassmichael Par. [Parish] - Glengappoch Fort
The "Mote" of Glengappoch, in reality a hill
fort, occupies the top of a striking hill which
rises from the centre of a secluded hollow
among the low hills about 1/2 m. [mile] NE. [North East] of
Loch Roan farm. The ground around the
foot of the hill for the most part in past ages
must have been swampy thus adding to the
defensibility of the site. The hill rises with
an easy gradient from the NW. [North West] to a height of
525' above sea level & [--] from its base and
is faced on the S. [South] by an unscalable wall
of rock towards which from either side
the flanks grow steeper. Some 80 yds. [yards] up
the Northern slope commences a series of defences
still noteworthy but which before they had been pillaged
for stones must have been exceptionally so,
in segments from flank to flank mounts the slope from the NW. [North West] & measures from that direction girding the assailable part of
the hill. The lowest line consists of a

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