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18th Augt. 1911.
Parton Par. [Parish]
Little Merkland

[Margin] Nether Dullarg Fort.

Situated at the very edge of the moorland
about 1/4 m. [mile] N. [North] of Little Dullarg is a
small fort surrounded by a single
horseshoeshaped trench resting at both
ends on the edge of a steep and rocky bank some
40’ in height. The general fall of the ground
is from N. [North] to S. [South] in the former direction
the fort is commanded by the rising slope
of the hill. The trench accordingly from N.W. [North West] to
N.E. [North East] is deep and the excavated material
has been piled up so as to form a ram:
:part above the scarp. Being for the most
part cut through rock it is clearly defined.
An entrance across the trench is situated
on the E. [East] where the ground assumes a more
level character. To the Southward of the
entrance the trench no longer apparently cut
through rock is shallower and the
growth of rushes over the bottom indicates
the presence of water. The width of the
trench, except where it diminishes on approaching
the bank, is 24’; its depth on the N. [North] 6’.6” and
on the SE. [South East] 3’. The interior of the fort is
very uneven. Down the centre towards the
SE. [South East] there lies a hollow having the steep
slope of the rampart rising some 15’ above

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CorrieBuidhe- Moderator, Bizzy- Moderator, Jane F Jamieson