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in recent times.

Campbeltown
About 1/2 m. [mile] ESE. [East South East] of Twynholm church an
isolated hillock planted sparsely with trees
rises from a hollow in a general undulating
country. From its base to its highest point it has
an elevation of about 22', is steep on either flank
has easy gradient from the N. [North] end and a
somewhat steeper one from the opposite extremity
The summit which has a general fall towards
the N. [North] measures about 90' in greatest length by
some 50' in breadth and forms an irregular oval
with a point extending towards the N [North]. Some
10' in from the edge along the W. [West] side there is
an indication of the inner face of a stony
rampart or wall & while on the E [East] the remains
are less distinct there is a stony mound at
that side towards the S. [South] end. At each
end below the scarp of the summit there
is a double rampart and at the S. [South] end
a terrace some 8' to 10' in width above the
final slope to the bottom of the hillock.
These defences gradually merge into the
steeper slopes of the sides where they have been
almost obliterated. The ramparts appear to
have been formed of earth and stone.