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with an approximate width of 7 feet, has
been from the West at the lowest level and
is immediately confronted on the interior with
a rocky escarpment rising as it passes South
:ward from 4 to 10 ft. [feet] in height. At the North
end against the wall there lie the foundations
of a small oblong rectangular buidling
measuring over all some 18 ft. [feet] by 12 ft [feet]
with a small circular or apsided structure
at either end That at the East end is very
strong in the centre and its appearance suggests
a bee-hive hut, that has at the West end has fewer
stones in the centre and is circular.

Fort Beattock Hill
Beattock Hill rises to an elevation of 857 feet
above sea level and to North and East
overlooks the vale of Upper Annandale
The summit which lies with its longest axis
North and South rises boldly with a steep
escarpment some 50 feet in height from a
hollow on the West and has a lesser rise
with a rocky profile from the East while
from the North and South it ascends by an
easy gradient. The fort occupies the
whole of the summit its form being controlled
by the contours and is oval in form
measuring interiorly some 213 ft. [feet] by 100 ft. [feet].

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