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the centre of the mound which is probably
secondary. (Ayr & Wig. Arch. Coll. [Ayr & Wigton Archaeological Collections] V. p [page] 68)

Fort Castle Bull or Dunwick
Situated on the coast line about 1/2 m. [mile] W. [West] by N. [North]
of Mains of Airies is a green knoll, the
site of a prehistoric fort projecting from the
face of the heughs. To landward at its N [North] point
a neck some 18' in length and 9' in breadth
connects it with the top of the heughs. From this
neck S'ward [Southward], opening onto 25' level above the shore, a natural
ravine has been hollowed out to a width
of 40', with a depth increasing from 8' at the
neck to 13' at its termination. On the line of the heugh a mound
some 20' in thickness at base crowns the
counterscarp of this trench and 8' in front of it there is an
indication of another outwork.
The summit of the knoll, irregularly circular, measures
some 75' in diameter
and shows surface indications of building
but insufficient to determine its character.
Its height above sea level is 75'. Some
15' below the summit on the NNE. [North North East] there
is a mound from which a wall appears to
run down the slope towards
a rock at the end of a small creek, while
from a platform on the SW. [South West] flanking
the inner side of the end of the ditch a

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