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6th May 1913
A doubtful morning but started in the car. It soon began
to rain & when we reached our first objective it was coming
down very heavily. We sat in the car at Springfield hill farm
hoping for some improvement but as after a wait of
about 2 hours none came we donned our burburries &
plunged into the fir wood which covered the fort.

Fort, Springfield hill, Dunscore Par. [Parish]
This fort is situated at an altitude of 600 ft. [feet]
over sea level on the summit of Springfield hill
some ? 80 yds [yards] to the Northward of the farm bearing
that name and which lies on the side road
leading from Holywood to Dunscore. The fort
which is oval in outline has with its main axis
NW. [North West] and SE [South East] and measures in the interior area
some 250 ft. [feet] by 160 ft. [feet] Along the S.W. [South West] flank the
ground falls away sharply but from the NW. [NorthWest] round
by N [North] to the S.E. [South East] end of the fort the site has been more
readily assailable. The interior area is enclosed
at the SE. [South East] end by a broad rampart of earth and
stone, rising at most some 5ft. [feet] above the
interior level, and carried along the NE [North East]
side for about one half of its length when it seems
to terminate abruptly, owing, possibly, to the
remainder having been pillaged for stones. Except
at the SE [South East] end the outer defences, where they have
occurred, have been obliterated by the plough and
stone walls confine the fort to its interior lines.

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