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minutes of my arrival

Rerwick Par. [Parish]
Balig.
Fort

On a round topped swelling hill about 1/2 m. [mile]
N. [North] of Balig farm is a circular fort which
commands a fairly extensive landscape and
also looks out on some miles of sea SW. [South West] to
the mouth of the Solway. It has been formed
by the excavation of a broad and somewhat
shallow flat-bottomed trench, in places cut
through rock with, at the N & S. [North & South] ends in the
main direction of the hill, a strong earth and
stone rampart to the outside, diminishing
in size as it passes along the flanks. Where
a tongue of rock rising above the surface level
has extended beyond the rampart it has been
cut through so as to prevent its forming a pied
a terre to mount the rampart from. Within the
defences the interior measures from N. to S. [North to South]
170' and from E. to W. [ South to East] 165'. The enceinte
is under cultivation and on the E. [East] side
the defences have been much ploughed
down. They are however well preserved
on the S. and N.. [South and North] At the latter extremity
the trench measures 24' across the top & 8'
across the bottom, being narrower here
than elsewhere, while the rampart beyond
has a breadth at base of 32' and a height

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