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grasped so insecure I gave up the attempt
after climbing 6' or 8' up. There are no
visible signs of defences about it.

Fort Corsewall Point. Dunskirloch.
Almost 150 yds [yards] NE. [North East] of Corsewall lighthouse is a
flat topped peninsular rock defended by a
trench across the neck, partly natural and
partly artificial. On the seaward side of this
trench rises the rocky front of the peninsula presenting
a barrier some 25' in height at the W. [West] end
and gradually diminishing in elevation towards
the E. [East]. Along the top has been erected a
wall or rampart for a distance of about
130' now fragmentary measuring some 15' in breadth at base,
and at the E [East] end removed,
with the exception of some large stones which
have been in the foundation. The trench
in front measures some 15' to 20' in breadth
at bottom, narrowing to about 8' near
the centre where it has been crossed
by the approach to the entrance, and 8' or
9' in width Eastward. On the landward
side of the trench has been an outer
rampart including in its course such
natural eminences of outcropping rock as occur.
The interior of the fort
is for the most part rocky, but across

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