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with straight sides of rock some 26' in diameter and
5' to 6' in depth. The defences suggest that
this promontory may be a prehistoric fort used
as the site of a mediaeval castle.
From the centre of the inlet on the W. [West] a remark:
:able knife edged rock rises to the level of the
top of the promontory.
Sir Herbert Maxwell suggests that "Castle Feather"
means "Castle Peter"

Fort 11c.
About 1/2 m. [mile] S by E [South by East] of Cutcloy where the line of
the heugh is interrupted by a small glen down
which runs a burn there is on the point thus
formed to the W. [West] a site which appears to have
been defended. The narrow end of the heugh
which forms a ridge falling away on both sides

[Margin] This appears to be the site of a mill.

has been traversed by a ditch some 18' in width
and 4' in depth, leaving to Eastward of it a small
level area measuring some 34' by 22'. On this
plot there is no sign of building but there is a slight
mound around the edge. Its elevation is some
40' above the low ground by the shore. From
it a slight spur projects N'ward [Northward] flanked on
the E [East] by the burn and covered by another
trench which is carried round the front of it.
Between the inner ends of these trenches there is
a level interval some 22' in width. Before the

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