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Some 30' to the NE. [North East] of the last are the remains
of yet another cairn which has been excavated
but which does not appear to have been
chambered. It has had a diameter of
26'.
[Margin] Hill Fort.
Jarhouse.
(unnoted)
On the plateau which forms the top of the
hill above the cliffs some 3/4 m. [mile] SW. [South West] of
the most southerly point of the Loch of
Yarrows and a short distance to the NW. [North West]
of the highest of the cairns of Warehouse are the remains
of fortifications. Toward the S. [South] end
stretching E [East] and W [West] for a distance of some
120' are remains of a wall overgrown for the
most part with peat & turf and in front of
it on the E [East] half is a ditch some 15' wide
the bottom of which is some 6' below the level
of the top of the scarp. Through this wall
towards the W. [West] end is apparently an en:
:trance some 6' wide but the sides of
which are now indefinite. The wall does
not show in any way above the places where
the cliffs form a natural defence but
elsewhere it is in places recognisable.
In front of the defences at the S. [South] end
is a glacis some 60' wide to the edge
of the plateau which is low in this direction.
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