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Note. The Rev. [Reverend] King Hervison states that remains of a
vitrified fort were discovered at Pingarie. I have
no note of any construction at that place

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Tynron Par. [Parish] Tynron Doon.
Tynron Doon is a lofty conical peak springing
from an Eastern spur of Auchengibbert Hill to which
it is linked by a broad col lying 150' or thereby
below its summit to the Westward. On all other
sides the Doon rises by a very steep inclination
towards its summit which is at an altitude of
946' above sea level and some 600' above its base.
On the top of this hill
is a fort which has given its name to the
eminence and which is remarkable for the
massive nature of its defences. These by the
great natural advantages which the defence
possessed on the other sides have practically
been confined to the W. [West] and SW. [South West] and to the
enclosure of a terrace, which lies some [--] ft. [feet]
below the summit on the NE [North East], with a bold
stony parapet mound. The summit is
suboval in form with its longest axis NE [North East] to
SW. [South West] and measures in diameter [--] and [--]
Encircling it there appears to have been a wall
built of boulders, many of them water worn,
brought up from the valley below, and here
& there to be seen protruding from the turf
with which it is overgrown. To the E [East] of
the entrance towards the SW. [South West] as shown on the

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