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curving slightly towards the W. [West]. Cultivation on
all sides has been carried close to these founda:
:tions and they have suffered accordingly. My
attention was drawn to them by Mr. Wilson &
they do not appear to have been noted before.
Proceeding up Cockburn Law I was unable to
identify any of the hut circles etc. mentioned in
the Ber. Nat. Club. Pro. [Berwickshire Naturalists Club Proceedings] though I observed several
low mounds towards the S.E. [South East] side, without excava:
:tion it was impossible to ascertain their true

Cockburn Law
character however. The camp on the summit
agreed exactly with Dr. [Doctor] Christisons description.
I took no measurements considering that his
might be accepted as he gives plans & sections.
The ramparts are no where above a few feet in
height and I do not think there have been ditches.
The only additional observation I made was a
row of large detached boulders below the peak
on the E. [East] side, beginning near the S. [South] entrance
and running round in a curve to the North
side forming an enclosure the entrance into
which is distinctly observable facing the
E. [East] towards the centre. There are three distinct
entrances to the camp viz. on the Nor. W, [North West] – West –
& S. [South] The signs of foundations in the
inner enclosure are very slight, though the inner
rampart at either side of the Nor. [North] West entrance is

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