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with cliffs rising from the ocean 100' or more
has been cut a trench partially through the rock
with a width of 22' with a rampart
piled up to a height of 6' to 7' above the interior
of the fort, on the crest of the scarp and also on the
ditch the counterscarp which is some 10' or 11' deep below the counter:
:scarp,
has not been excavated right across
the neck but stops some 10' or 12' distant from
the edge of the precipice on the E. [East]. In the
field in front of the outer bank there are
indications of the existence of an outer
trench. On the W. [West] side running at right
angles towards the scarp but separated from it by the bed of a small stream which here falls over the cliff is a
traverse protecting the end of the ditch.
In the interior a deep hollow falls away
to the edge of the cliff at the South.

Fort The Dunnan Portankill.
To the S. [South] of Portankill a small harbour
about 1/4 m. [mile] NE. [North East] of the Mull farm on a
projecting point of land formed by the
sea on one side and a small stream
on the other is a small fortified site
called "The Dunnan". The fort is a circular
area some 39' in diameter defended on its landward side by
an earthen rampart some 3' - 4' in height
which stops short of the edge of the cliff on the

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