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have fallen in & disappeared
13 Augt. 1908.
One of the finest days of a fine year. Drove with
Mr. McConochie to Burnhouse. Called at the farm
but Mr B.[--] out. The site of Burncastle is behind
Burncastle Fort.
the steading – up the hill in a plantation which has
at one time been ploughed & in the field to the N. [North]
is the site of a camp. Only in the wood are
there any visible remains, and that at the S.W. [South West] of
the fort where the defences consist of an inner
ditch & without a parapet to the scarp & 2 ramp:
:arts with intervening ditches. The measurement
overall from crest to crest 110 ft. [feet]. The inner ditch
48 ft. [feet] across & 3 ft. [feet] deep, the next. 32 ft. [feet] across & 7 ft. [feet]
deep & the next. 30 ft. [feet] across and 6 ft. [feet] deep. The ramparts
extend for about 75 yds [yards] & are very faintly discernible
elsewhere. A clamber down a steep bank over
the ? Wester burn & up the hill side brought us to
Dalshood Fort. O.S. [Ordnance Survey] Dalshead
Dalshood fort. It too has been much ploughed down.
It seemed well described. A section at the N.E. [North East]
showed that from crest to crest the defences were
65 ft. [feet] across. The inner ditch 26 ft. [feet] across & 4 ft. [feet]
deep, the middle rampart 15 ft. [feet] across with a
hollow or groove running along the centre 2 ft. [feet] deep, the
outer ditch 24 ft. [feet] wide & 8 ft. [feet] deep. on the inside
& 3 ft. [feet] against the counterscarp There appears to
have been an entrance through the outer rampart
at the S.E. [South East] but it is not certain. Otherwise as described
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