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very little worth remark in this county.

7th June 1911.
Off by the 8.45 train to Stranraer where we were
met by the hotel car. We had not gone far from the
station ere we collided with a coal cart running
right into the horse. Fortunately the splasher of the
car was a flimsy article or the horse would have
been badly cut.
Stopped at Leswalt church which MacGibbon must
visit. An old farmer who said he lived
at Craigoch assured me there was no fort on
the top & now I find there is, so I must
climb the hill next time I pass.

Lesswalt. Aldouran Glen Fort. (7)
On the N. [North] side of the Glen of
Aldouran & on the top of the high bank
where the burn makes a sharp turn
in its course towards the E. [East] is a pre:
:historic fort. Across the base of the angle thus formed
have been reared three ramparts
with a ditch between the middle and inner
one, leaving a triangular area in rear
with a longest diameter of about 90'
while the outer rampart measures about 163' in length.
Along the flanks the position has been
further protected by a wall connecting
the ends of the ramparts seemingly about 6'.6" in
thickness. The thickness of each rampart
at base has been about 18'. The outer one

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