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with the outer bank. This may have formed an
approach . There is a strong resemblance between
this and the construction at Trowdale.

Fort Remains of, Crofts. (3)
Within a small and dense fir plantation
standing on the end of a grassy ridge on
enclosed rough pasture about 1/2 m. [mile] N. [North] of Crofts
Farm are the remains of the north end of a
fort all trace of which outside the plantation
has disappeared. A segmental rampart some
16' in breadth exists for a length of about 140'
measured along the curve. At the base of the
scarp, which has a vertical elevation of about
10' is a ditch 16' in width and now only 2'
in depth below the top of the counterscarp.
On the W. [West] the ditch has run out on the slope.
The rampart is apparently of earth.

9th Augt. [August] 1911.
Crossmichael Ernambrie Fort.
On bicycle today to examine some objects in
Crossmichael parish near at hand.
On the top of a well defined rounded emin:
:ence which rises in an undulating landscape
about 1/2 m. [mile] N. [North] of Nether Ernambrie on the W. [West] side
of the road from Balgerran to Clarebrand is
a small circular fort which has been
much reduced by ploughing The hill lies
with a trend from NNW. [North North West] to SSE [South South East]. On the summit
is a flat circular area measuring some 72' in diar. [diameter]

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