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to obtain material for the rampart and wall.
The situation is a strong one and commands
an extensive view down the dale.

Fort Baitiehill (5)
This fort ranks of the nature forts in Eskdale, neat in
size and importance to Castle O'er situated little
more than 1 1/2 ms [miles] away from it to the Northward.
It is situated on a prominent rocky hillock which
rises to a height of over 700' above sea level at a
point where the White and Black Esks
mingle their waters to flow onward to the Solway
as the river Esk. The fort looks straight up the
White Esk valley and also down the dale of
the main river. The hillock rises steeply on the W [West] for
some 200' in elevation above the ravine of a
small burn which has its source in the Mid-
-Height, and it has a similar attitude, attained
at a somewhat easier gradient, from the
Esk on the N. [North] To the Southward the slope
away to the moorland is slight and from
the E [East] also the inclination is not great.
The fort has its main axis from N.E. [North East] to S W. [South West]
controlled by the summit of the hill
and measures in extreme length over its
outer defences some 550'. Its original breadth
is not obtainable as the cultivated land on
the E. [East] has encroached on the periphery as

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