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[Opposite page - text inserted] At the S. [South] end of the low ridge on which
the fort stands are the indefinite remains
of a small structure apparently circular.

It is circular in form subtended on the S. [South] by
a straight side and is surrounded by a
stone wall some 6’ to 7’ in thickness and
about 2’ in height on the external face.
It measures interiorly [--] from N to S [North to South] by
[--] from E to W. [East to West] (O.S. [Ordnance Survey] measurements) An angle
in the wall on the W. [West] side suggests the position
of an entrance and a large slab protruding across
the wall at the NE [North East] may indicate the situation of
another. The principal entrance, however, appears
to have been from the SE. [South East] through the wall
immediately to the S. [South] of the large circular enclos:
:ure abutting on it towards the S. [South] end of the E [East]
side. This entrance appears to have been 4’ in width. The
circular enclosure referred to is entered from
the E [East] and measures interiorly 27’ x 32’.
It is surrounded by a stone wall, now ruined,
some 7’.6” in thickness. The interior of this
enclosure has been excavated to a depth
of several feet at the back so as to bring
the floor to the level of the entrance on the
lower slope of the hill. Within the interior
of the fort at the SW. [South West] angle some 15’ back
from the wall are the remains of a
small circular enclosure with a diameter
over all of some 25’. It has been entered

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