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in diameter. The wall which surrounded it
is almost obliterated by the walls of an old
fold and the walls of two fields which meet upon
it.

Fort near Chippermore Port
Occupying the top of a small projecting point
on the top of the heughs between two gullies
and just where the farm road to Chippermore
reaches the higher level & before turning to pass through
the fields are the remains of a small defensive
construction. An earthern bank measuring some
8’ wide at base has isolated the small headland
and in the interior resting on the edge of the
bank there has been a small semi-elliptical
enclosure with a chord of 49’ and a diameter
of 47’. The defensive character of the banks is
slight. A ditch-like hollow from the edge of the
bank inwards on the E. [East] has probably been a
track.
The term "fort" does not seem applicable to
any of the above constructions though used
on the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] maps. As a rule they are situated
on the sloping side of a hill, not occupying
the most defensible positions, and not infrequently
with higher ground overlooking them. They do
not vary much in size and though the
walls appear to have been of great thickness

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