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Mark Mote
The rocky hill on which this fort is
situated rises straight from the foreshore
to the W. [West] of the village of Rockcliffe and almost
due North of Rough Island in the centre of the
estuary of the Urr. Mark Hill and [Shiel]
Hill screen it on the NNW [North North West] and N. [North] while higher
ground obstructs its outlook towards the E. [East],
but it commands the whole estuary and holds
in view the hill-tops on the W. [West] from Ben Gairn
to Airds Point. The hill lies with its longest axis
NW. [North West] & S E. [South East] and all around its sides are very rough & steep
and in places precipitous. It rises to an elevation
of 149' above sea level. The summit on which
the fort has been situated, in outline has much
the shape of a human foot with a toe
-like projection, at a slightly lower level, towards
the NW [North West]. At each end is a flat topped rocky
eminence, that at the NW. [North West] being the higher and
having a spur running out towards the other
terminating some 35 ft. [feet] distant from it leaving
a hollow between which broadens out to
the edge of the summit. Along the edge
of the hill there has been erected a stony wall
or rampart represented now & only in certain
places by a low grass covered ridge
and also by masses of displaced stones

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