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which runs down from [blank] hill are the
remains of a fort which has been much spoiled
by the action of the plough. It has been
an oval construction set with its Main
axis N N E. [North North East] and S S W. [South South West] Measuring interiorly
some 145'by 102' encircled by a trench
some 30' in width from crest to crest and
now about 3' in depth, with a mound above
the scarp. A ridge crossing the trench on
the W. [West] side towards the centre of the enceinte
indicates the position of the entrance. It
appears to be entirely an earthwork.

Whinnyliggets
Fort.
Close to the branch road to Kirkcudbright
from Whinnyliggate beside a cottage and about
1/4 m. [mile] S. [South] by W. [West] of WhinnyLiggate school is a
rectangular oblong fort
much destroyed
by cultivation. The site is on the sheltered
flank of a long slope down to the Balgreddan
Burn which flows Southwards about 1/4 m. [mile]
away. The Main axis of the fort lies
N [North] & S. [South] It has been surrounded by a
deep trench now only distinct at all along the E. [East]
side where from the crest of the scarp
to that of the rather faintly indicated
counterscarp it measures some 40' in

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