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The fort for the most part lies within a wood
but covered as to its defences with such a
jungle of trees& bracken that it is almost
impossible to determine its exact periphery.
Outside the wood the land has been under
cultivation and the details are still more indefinite.
It appears to have been an oval entrenched
earthwork a single trench now almost
obliterated, having in places a scarp about 6'
in height. The approximate dimension
of the interior (only given here to afford an
idea of the extent) seem to be 202' from N. [North] to S. [South]
by 116' from E. [East] to W. [West].

Dirnguile Fort
Dirnguile Fort occupies the top of a prominent
grassy hill rising to a height of [blank]
above sea level an outlier to the N [North] of the Bengairn
group. Strategically it commands a
pass that leads between Screel Hill and Polterland Hill from the head of Auchencairn
Bay to the fertile country around Castle
Douglas. The hill which is steeply sloped
all round consists of a rocky summit
with a fairly straight craggy face towards
the E. [East]
and to the
Westward at a general elevation some 10'
to 15' lower a plateau sloping by an

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