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Fort Bogrie.
About 1/4 m. [mile] NW. [North West] of Bogrie farm is a fort situated
on the crest of a slight undulation which falls
away in a long slope towards the [-- ] burn
on the S. [South]. In plan it is elliptical surrounded
by a stony rampart or ruined wall, overgrown
and of low elevation. The interior lies at a
slightly lower level than the surrounding
ground and measures about 118' by 94' There
appears to have been an entrance from the
E. [East] about 5' wide on the S. [South] of which there is
a slight mound against
what appears to be the inner face of the
bank. The width of the rampart or wall is
unobtainable without excavation.
To the W. [West] about 100 yds. [yards] there is a grassy
mound measuring in diameter about 20'
which may be a small cairn
Less than 1/4 m. [mile] due W. [West] of Bogrie on an old
meadow is another similar mound measuring
15' x 11' superficially which also may be a cairn.

Nethertown.
On the farm of Nethertown just across the
Collieston Burn from Dunesslin is a mound
which has been levelled and enclosed and
its sides regularly scarped. It is said to be an
old graveyard but neither on the surface
nor in the dykes are there any stones visible.