gb0551ms-36-33-118

Transcription

[Page] 118
[Continued from page 117]

the middle where it merges in the precipice above.
This wall is 3'.10" thick on the left of the doorway
and 3'. on the right and has a projecting course
of stones along the foot apparently for support of
a wooden floor. (Further details to be taken from
the corrected print of Sir H.E.M's paper. Antiq XX. [Antiquities 20] p. [page] 76)

Fort
Note that the plan made by Sir Arthur Mitchell
is inaccurate there being no return on the front
wall at the N [North] corner. Muir's plan is correct.

[Opposite page - photograph inserted]

Fort Dunnan
Crowning the rocky height of the Dunnan
which rises straight from the sea to an altitude
of 400 is a prehistoric fort. The site is
flanked to E [East] and N. [North] by precipitous rocks
while on the other two sides it rises
from natural hollows whose beds
vary from 20' to 30' below. Along the
crest of the rocky scarp which faces
these hollows are the ruinous remains of a
massive wall or rampart for the most
part overgrown with healthier but appar:
:ently some 8' in thickness except on either
side of an entrance visible towards the
N. [North] end of the E [East] side where it has been increased
to 13'. This entrance which has been between
two rock faces is now blocked with
large stones. Towards the S. [South] the scarp

[Continued on page 119]