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which flows a small stream and on the
W. [West] the steep face of the heugh. A broad
rampart of stone and earth has been drawn
across the promontory at its landward end
forming a roughly triangular fort measuring
about 150' along the steep sides and 155' across
the front including in last measurement a
space of some 18' between the present end of
the rampart and the edge of the ravine on
the E. [East]. The rampart which has been considerably
broken into measures some 20' in thickness
at base and 3'. 6" in height. The ground
outside has been long under cultivation and
no definite trace of a trench remains.

31st Augt 1911.
Weather very uncertain when I started on
bicycle and broke down completely by 2 o'clock.
This is the first heavy fall of rain we have had
for a long time and it is much required as all
over the country the supplies of water are getting
low.

Kelton Par [Parish] Ingleston Fort
Situated on rising ground about 3/4 m. [mile] S. [South] of
Ingleston are the very indefinite remains of
a prehistoric fort. The site is a natural flat topped knoll at an elevation
of [blank] over sea level and commanding
a fine prospect to the N [North] & NW. [North West] but is over:
:looked by the hill country to the S. [South] and SE. [South East]

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