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mote that I have no hesitation in considering
that such it has been.

Urr Par. [Parish]
Fort. Milton Loch
This peculiar little fort rises from a tongue
of land known as the Green Island, projecting
into Milton Loch near the middle of the W. [West]
shore. In form it is a long and slightly ir:
:regular oval the S. [South] side being much straighter
that the N. [North] rising on the interior to a height of
about 4' above the level of the land just
beyond the defences. It is encircled by a
rampart rising some 3' in height above the
interior, except towards the E. [East] extremity, where
it has almost disappeared and by a somewhat
shallow trench with an average width of
from 10' to 12' the bottom of which lies some
9' below the top of the rampart. The
slope of the scarp is at two distinct gradients
the upper 5' being the steeper: this may be
accounted for by the lower portion being
the natural slope above which the rampart
has been erected a short space having been
left as a berm between it and the trench.
The entrance has been from the centre of
the W [West] end, some 8' in width approached by
a roadway carried over the trench on
unexcavated ground. The rampart on either

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