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hanging in profusion from the rocks a burn
ran down to fall a couple of hundred feet or more
down cliffs to the sea. From the burn a hot climb
of a few hundred feet brought me to the top of

Oatlee Hill.
Oatlee Hill. Here about 60 ft. [feet] E. [East] of the Mile post.
at the S.E. [South East] end of the summit, 500 ft. [feet] above the sea
is situated a small oval or irregular oblong fort with
rounded corners enclosed in a single rampart of earth & stone. Its diameter from N. to S. [North to South] 121 ft. [feet]
and from E to W. [East to West] 109. The entrance 8 or 9 ft. [feet] wide
is in W. [West] side. 28 ft. [feet] S.E. [South East] from the W. [West] corner the foundation of wall
runs at right angles to the rampart for a distance of
36 ft. [feet] into the enclosure. On a platform in the N. [North]
corner slightly above the level of the rest of the interior
is a circular depression with a dia. [diameter]
of 29 ft. [feet] and to the S. [South] of it against the N.E. [North East] rampart
is another circular depression with an interior dia. [diameter]
of 12 ft. [feet].

Earnsheuch
Earnsheuch. On the top of a cliff 500 ft. [feet]
above the sea, whose edge forms the N. [North] boundary
are two semi-oval camps. They lie adjoining
each other though separately defensible. That
to the West is enclosed within a triple rampart
having a platform between the inner & middle
ramparts and a ditch between the middle & outer.
The ramparts are concentric except at the East
end where the middle rampart terminates
about 80 ft. [feet] from the cliff and the outer & inner

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