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[Margin] Buittle Par [Parish]
Nethertown of Almorness Fort.

At the landward end of the promontory termin:
:ating in Almorness Point, and dividing Orchardton
Bay from the estuary of the Urr, lies a group
of low rocky hills rising from a wide en:
:circling base. The name 'Castle hill' covers the
group. Immediately to the NNE. [North North East] of Nethertown
of Almorness on the summit of one of these
rocky eminences which has an elevation of
[300 feet] above sea level are the ruins of a stone
built fort. The hill lies with its longest axis
NW. [North West] and SE. South East], rises by a gradual slope from
either end over a surface broken by ridges
and terraces of rock, and is very steep on both
flanks for the last 30' to 40' below the summit.
The summit, which is fairly level has been
encircled by a wall of boulders, now entirely
broken down, measuring some 7' in thickness
at the ends and somewhat less along the sides
enclosing an area oblong in form with
rounded ends, 78' in length by 56' in breadth.
Both ends have been defended with outworks.
At the NW [North West] where a somewhat level plateau extends
beyond the actual summit the outer lines
consist of a wall some 10' to 11' thick, parallel
along the front & with the inner wall, 14' distant from it
and returned sharply at the

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