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has been strongly fortified by a wall where
not defended by nature. The wall at the
N. or NW. [North or North West] end is 12' in thickness and in places
still 3' high, well built of flat stones. It
is pierced towards the NW. [North West] by an entrance
passage 6' wide, between the faces of the opposing walls.
In front of the wall forming the W. [West] side of the entrance passage,
stand two large flat slabs apparently in
situ as if forming a facing for the masonry.
Some 14' outside the wall are the foundations
of an outer wall about 7' thick seeming
to run from a point on the main
wall about 10' E. [East] of the entrance & to
meet it again at the edge of the steep slope 80' or 100' to Westward thus
covering the entrance. Between the
steep cliffs at the S. [South] end is a wall about
70' in length and 10' thick through which
is an entrance 4' wide. On the W. [West] side
of it is an indication of a chamber in
the wall. The total length of the
interior is about 260 yds. [yards] and the average
width about 60 yds. [yards]. The immense mass of
debris indicate that the height of wall was considerable.
Some 30' below the outer wall at the SE. [South East]
is a natural rock shelter, the covered
area measuring about 12' x 17'.
In the rocks facing Eastward about 100 yds. [yards] NE [North East] of the

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