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of shaft 1'.2" - of neck 8". (No. 3.) A small
square panel of interlaced ornament measuring
over all 2'.1" x 1'.4", described in the Early Christ. [Christian]
Mon. [Monuments (of Scotland)] (See rubbings.)

Fort. Back Bay.
On a grass topped promontory of small
extent jutting out from the face of the cliffs
at the S. [South] end of Back bay are the remains of a
small stone built fort. The neck of the
promontory some 125' in breadth has been
traversed by a ditch 28' wide, 8' in depth
below the crest of the counterscarp and 5' below
the scarp. On the top of the latter there remain
on both faces a row of large stones evidently
the foundation of a wall some 8' in thickness.
At 23' from the edge of the cliff on the S. [South]
a roadway about 9' wide passes on the
hard into the interior. In rear of the
entrance a hollow appears to
mark the line of a passage between two
walls for a distance of 48', seemingly about
7' for 40' and contracting thereafter. Near
its termination a large slab protrudes about
1' above the turf facing across it. To the right
or N. [North] of the passage immediately behind the
rampart there appears to have been an
enclosure measuring approximately 28' x 26'

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