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27 Augt. 1908
Fort No. 13 situated about 3/4 mile due South of
St. Abbs Head occupies the N.W. [North West] end of a
rocky knoll which projects from a cultivated field. It
rises gradually from the level of the field and at
the N.W. [North West] is about 40 feet above it. The fort is enclosed by
a single rampart of earth & stone which follows
the edge of the summit except where it is crossed
and is oval form.
The entrance is at the So. [South] East. The internal diameters
are 178 ft. x 90 ft. [178 feet x 90 feet] from crest to crest. To the left of the
entrance the rampart is still about 4 ft. [feet] above the
level of the interior. There are several somewhat
indefinite foundations in the interior. One depression 14 ft. [feet] inward
from the crest of the S.W. [South West] rampart appears to be oval
or oblong in form 13 ft. [feet] in breadth x about 40 ft. [feet] long. There
seems to be a circle on the right of the entrance and
another nearer the centre & against the N.E. [North East] rampart.
There are a number of indefinite mounds and
hollows outside on the rise of the knoll from the
S.E. [South East]. The two terraces at the N.W. [North West] are as noted by Dr. [Doctor]
Christison.
Fort No 12. At the top of an elevated field about
1/2 a mile W by S. [West by South] of St. Abbs Head. In form a squarish
oval surrounded by a single delapidated rampart of earth stone & having a diameter from crest to crest of 158 ft. x 98 ft. [158 feet x 98 feet].
The entrance appears to have been at the S.E. [South East]. From the
S.W. [South West] side of the entrance a bank runs straight into
the interior for a distance of 55 ft [feet] then alters its direction
slightly towards the West for 19 ft [feet] thereafter curving round
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