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glen of the Buckland burn and is somewhat
on a point projecting from the general N [North] & S. [South]
trend of the hillside. Like the fort at Whinny Liggate
it has been a rectangular oblong enclosure
surrounded by a single trench but has suffered
even more than it from the effects of agriculture.
Such ramparts as it had in addition are now levelled.
Its main axis is N W [North West] and S E. [South East] The N W. [North West] end
is measureable with comparative accuracy
and has been about 98' in length while
the sides, less definite from the almost total
obliteration of the S E. [South East] face, appear to have
measured about 120' The trench is fairly
definite at the N. [North] angle and along the
N W. [North West] face where it measures some 34' in width.
and at the angle the counterscarp seems
to have been banked up with the upcast in
order to give it greater resistance being - at the edge of
the slope. The corners are rounded. It is noteworthy that though the
fort is at the edge of a steep bank its N W. [North West]
front has been retired sufficiently to afford
room for the excavation of a ditch on the
upper level. The situation much resembles
that of the fort at Whinney Liggate except
for the steeper slope in front which does not
exist there. There is no indication of the
position of the entrance.

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