OS1/21/18/32

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Camp continued:-

slight, and can be only very faintly seen at present, this side of the knoll is steepest, and facing the open country, from which the defenders of the Camp could not have been easily surprised. The N.W. side of the Camp is opposite to a gradual and easy descent from the heights above, from which the Camp might have been carried by surprise and a quick charge of light infantry, this may account for the fortifications having been made stronger on the side facing the hills, and having little or no defence on the side facing the road and open country.
"Over looking the point near the Castle of Crawford, where these three roads may be supposed to unite we find another Camp, situated on a small spur of the hill, of a low elevation, and separated from the mass of the mountain by a very gentle hollow. It is only fortified by a single rampart which on the south side facing the Clyde, is now very indistinct. It is an irregular oval of 349 feet by 120, and is destitute of water." On the ancient Camps of the Upper Ward of Lanarkshire By G.V. Irving F.A.S.