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Marygoldhill plantation and about 120 yds. [yards] S.W. [South West] of
the public road. The description of it seemed
accurate. On the S.W. [South West] the defences from the crest
of the rampart to the crest of the couterscarp
measured about 22 ft. [feet]. The trench at its deepest
about 5 or 6 ft. [feet] below the crest of the mound.
Where the character of the rampart was disclosed
by the blowing over of a tree it was seen to be
of earth and stone. To the S.W. [South West] of the fort
a straight entrenchment runs N,N.W [North North West] as described
passing the ditch of the fort at a distance
of 34 ft. [feet] at its nearest point. The next fort
No. 8 on the map is situated in a plantation of
young fir trees which made it an impossibility
to follow the outline of the ramparts except in a
few places. The rampart which appeared to be
of stone at the S. [South] end is about 9 ft. [feet] above the
bottom of the ditch. Fort No. 9 also situated in
a wood was overgrown with fern but its
outline clearly discernible. It appears to be
an irregular oval with a rather straight
side on the N.W. [North West]. From the S.W. [South West] corner to the
N.E. [North East] corner it is contained by a single rampart
& ditch and round the remainder by a double
rampart & ditch though on the S.E. [South East] the outer
rampart has been interfered with by the wall
of the plantation which is set upon it. There
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