OS1/21/19/56
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| traceable, and at the N.E [north east] end where the ground appears to have escarped down to the outside of the ditch, which converges on each side into this escarpment. 'On the ridge which separates the Culter Water from Nisbet Burn, immediately outside the enclosures on an eminence separated by a gentle hollow from the steep ascent of Culter Fell there is a strongly fortified camp, with no less than three ramparts clearly and distinctly marked. There is a curious elevation at the North corner of the outer rampart, but whether this is artificial, or a natural feature of the ground I am unable to determine. This camp however labours under the defect that it lies at a considerable distance from any water'. (On the ancient camps of the Upper Ward of Lanarkshire by G.V Irving Esqr). |
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