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Enclosure at Westloch House
West of Westloch house is an enclosure contained
within two circular mounds showing an interior diameter
of 40 ft. [feet] and an external one of about 130. The rings are
not concentric as the inner one is much nearer the
outer at the entrance on the N. [North] than at the opposite side
At the entrance the outer mound is 10 ft [feet] across the inner
4 ft [feet] and the space between them 7 ft. [feet]. The inner mound
is low and unimportant while the outer is in places
3 – 4 ft. [feet] high. There is a slight continuous depression on
either side of the outer mound and the outside of
the inner. The outer mound is of earth & stone. This object
is not indicated on the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] map. 1/3 of a mile N.W. [North West]
and about 200 yds [yards] S. [South] of the N.W. [North West] end of the loch is a
small fort almost rectilinear with a diameter from
N. to S. [North to South] of 132 ft. [feet] and from E. to W. [East to West] of 89 ft. [feet]. The entrance
is near the middle of the W. [West] side & is about 6 ft. [feet] wide
It is surrounded by a single low mound with no
ditch. The West half of the enclosure is
occupied by a number of irregular depressions with
low banks into one of which the entrance opens.
This fort No. 7. on map was not discovered by Dr. [Doctor] Christison.

Fort No. 8. Coldingham
Fort No. 8 about 150 yds. [yards] N.N.E. [North North East] of the East angle of
Coldingham Loch, occupying the summit of a
rocky knoll very steep & rugged on the N. [North] side.
It is circular to oval in form having a single
rampart along the edge of the rocks on the N. [North]
and a triple rampart with a ditch between the

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