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by 300’ at its greatest breadth. The longest axis
runs from SW to NE. [South West to North East]. At the SW [South West] end there is a
gap in the defence some 12’ in width indicating an entrance,
and towards the ENE. [East North East] has been another entrance
8’ wide or thereby. At the latter entrance the wall
appears to have been thicker than at the sides
and at 20’ distant on the N. [North] of it a small portion
of the building of the outer face is still visible
showing a thickness at this point of 13’ whence
it evidently increased toward the entrance.
It is however, for the most part a structureless mass
of debris. On the NW. [North West] some 25’ below the main
defence around the edge of a shoulder are the remains of an outer wall,
which appears to have been about 8’ thick.
An outcrop of rock traverses the enceinte in
a general direction from NE. [North East] to SW. [South West] and the indefinite ruins of a wall are
visible at either end of it connecting it with
the main defence and thus forming an
inner enclosure on the highest part of the
summit. The main wall on the W. [West] is almost obliterated.
In a hollow runs WSW. [West South West] of the SW [South West]
entrance are some indistinct foundations
formed of boulders marked “hut circles” on
the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] but they are too vague for definition
There are also a few cairn-like heaps of stone.

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