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of any rampart crowning the steep scarp
on the upper or west side but there seems to
have been a bank on the lower ground to:
:wards the edge of the steep bank on the E. [East]

Enclosure Thrumcan's Yard. Westerhall.
This is a semilunar excavated hollow
resting on the edge of a steepish bank to the
E. [East] of the Rig Burn, and containing within it
a gamekeeper's house and garden.
It is at the foot of a steep Southerly slope and
shows a scarp against the upper or NE. [North East] side 10'
in height with no indication of a rampart
above it. On the SE. [South East] arc, across the lower
end of the hollow, there is a broad stony
mound but the enciente is so completely
overlooked from the higher ground that
the construction possesses little defensive
character.

Enclosure Cuil Plantation Westerhall
This enclosure is situated just across the glen
of the Rig Burn from the foregoing and
occupies an angular promontory formed
by the meeting of the high West bank of the burn
with a steep scarp facing the low lying ground
which intervenes between it and the left bank
of the Esk. The construction is four sided
and is protected on three sides by a stony
rampart some 4' in height to the exterior

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