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FORT (Remains of) Fort (remains of) J Bremner. Thrumster
J Tullock Thrumster
Captn [Captain] B Innes Thrumster
029 Two mounds of earth and stones supposed to be the remains of two Pictish Forts -
Sir H Dryden in a letter to the John O Groats Journal. Sept [September] 21st 1872. says
The main entrance, if not the only one is on the north end, The end of the two walls appear to have returned inwards a few feet, and four large slabs (one gone) formed the angles of the entrance passage The highest point of the area is near the north end. The enclosure is now a ridge of stones about 15 ft [feet] wide and 3 ft [feet] high from the inside; but was probably a wall 4 ft [feet] thick and 5 ft [feet] or 6 ft [feet] high. The ground on the inside has been scooped away inside the wall
FORT (Remains of) 029 Two mounds of earth and stones supposed to be the remains of two Pictish Forts -
Sir H Dryden in a letter to the John O Groats Journal. Sept [September] 21st 1872. says The main entrance, if not the only one is on the north end, The end of the two walls appear to have returned inwards a few feet, and four large slabs (one gone) formed the angles of the entrance passage The highest point of the area is near the north end. The enclosure is now a ridge of stones about 15 ft [feet] wide and 3 ft [feet] high from the inside; but was probably a wall 4 ft [feet] thick and 5 ft [feet] or 6 ft [feet] high. The ground on the inside has been scooped away inside the wall

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County of Caithness -- Ph [Parish] of Wick

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[Signed] A.J. Dransfield SRE [Sapper Royal Engineers]

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