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40 yds. [yards] or so back from the high road are
the remains of a small circular fort consisting
of two concentric stony ramparts 8’ to 9’ apart
and about 9’ in thickness encircling an area
of 42’ in diameter. The ramparts are overgrown
with turf and though seemingly formed of stone
do not disclose any sign of building on the surface.
On the W. [West] the elevation of the outer mound is
some 2’ on the outside and on the E. [East] where
the ground falls sharply away at the edge of
the ridge it is about 5’. The inner mound
has at highest an elevation of about 3’.6” to
the outside and 1’.6” to the interior. The position
of the entrance is indefinite but may possibly
have been from the S.W. [South West] where there is a break
in the outer circumference and against
and somewhat within the inner wall to the
left of it there is a suggestion of a small circular
hut. A small segment of the outer rampart
is cut off by a field dyke on the SE. [South East].
The features of this well preserved construction
are being rapidly obliterated by cartloads
of stones gathered from the fields which are
being emptied over it.

Stone circle (remains of) Torhousekie.
About 1/2 m. [mile] SE. [South East] of Torhousekie farm house
and (?) some 200 yds. [yards] NW. [North West] of the large stone circle

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