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the East into the lowest part of the interior.

Fort. Tassies Height. K.pk [Kirkpatrick] Juxta (21).
The site of this fort is of a long low ridge
lying North and South parallel with the Annan
which flows by on the East about 1/2 a mile distant
and at an elevation some 65 feet lower, the
elevation of the fort being some 365 ft. [feet] above sea
level. The farm of Milton lies about 1/2 mile to
the South South East with
Kirkpatrick Juxta Church a little further
away to the Westward. Though the ridge is not
high the fort commands an extensive view
Northward to the head of Annandale and
also down the dale for several miles. To
the East there is a long easy gradient to the
river, to the South the ground dips to a slight
hollow beyond the fort where the ridge
falls away gradually, to the West another
hollow separates it from a higher parallel
ridge while to the North the level is maintained
for some hundred yards. Having been
long under cultivation the fort has
suffered much from the levelling action
of the plough and the harrow so that
in its present condition its original features
are somewhat difficult to expiscate.
In form it appears to be an irregular

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