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[Opposite page - sketch and text inserted] Sketch plan

overgrown with planted blackthorn. It
measures in diameter about 60’ and in elevation
some 5’. There is no indication of it having
been excavated.

Fort Eldrig.
Some 200 yds. [yards] ? WSW. [West South West] of Eldrig farm house in a
grass field & entirely overgrown by a thick
sward, obscuring the details, is a
small fort surrounded by
a single stony rampart now about 2’ - 3’
in height. The interior has been almost
circular measuring 66’ from N to S [North to South] by about
62’ from E to W. [East to West]. Externally it is almost
rectilinear but from the NW, SW, and SE. [North West, South West, and South East]
angles there are low mounds projecting
out from the sides for distances of from
13’ to 23’. Along the N. [North] there
appears to a double wall with an interspace
between, measuring some 22’ over all and
at the NE. [North East] angle where no projecting mound
is apparent, from the interior to the face
of the exterior wall the distance is 35’.
In the SE. [South East] angle in the interior there is
a small enclosure, sub oval in form, measuring
28’ x 13’. The indications of various walls
or banks are so indefinite that it is not
desirable to make a plan without excavation.

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