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which would entirely command the interior.
The defences are much worn away but are
traceable on all sides except the W. [West] where
they have been apparently entirely washed
away by the burn except perhaps for a
slight swelling which may represent the inner
mound on the right bank of the stream just
before it enters the Abbey wood. Though the sides
of the fort are straight they do not form
right angles at their junction the angle at the SW. [South West]
being acute and that at the NW [North West] obtuse. both, however,
are rounded. There have been three earthen
ramparts with narrow intervening ditches.
Where best defined along the S. [South] side the
inner mound measures some 21' in width
and about 3' in height; a shallow trench
about 4' in width separates it from an inter:
:mediate mound some 2' lower in elevation
and 8' to 9' in width, which again is separated
by a second shallow trench some 3' in width
from an outer mound 14' in breadth, &
higher than the intermediate but lower than
the inner mound. At the SE [South East] angle the
inner mound is more prominent than elsewhere
& the outer one not now apparent.
A section of the inner rampart exposed by the
burn shows it to be composed of clay soil

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