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24th Augt. [August] 1911
Went with MacGibbon to visit Threave
Balliol Castle & Glengappock

25th Augt. contd [August Continued]
The fort of Dungarry is formed around
the somewhat pointed summit of a Southern
spur of Ben Tudor at an altitude of [blank] above
sea level and commands a pass through
the hills connecting the shore of the Solway at
Auchencairn with the interior of the county.
From the N N W [North North West] a rocky elevated ridge leads to x
the summit from Ben Tudor. A rocky elevated
ridge leading to the summit from Ben
Tudor gives the hill a trend from N N W. [North North West] to S S E. [South South East]
It has a steepish slope as it rises for some
200' above the roadway on the W. [West] and towards
the N E, [North East] some 30' below the summit it is bounded by a
precipice overlooking a deep glen. Around
the summit forming an oblong enclosure
with rounded angles lies a great mass
of stones some 20' to 30' in breadth the ruins
of a wall whose estimated thickness was
some 10' or 12'. The base of this structure is
visible for a short distance on the interior
towards the N N W. [North North West] and the level top of the
ruin adjacent seems to indicate its width.
Surmounting the ruins of this wall are
the remains of a secondary dry built

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