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Durisdeer Cleugh-head Fort.
On the edge of a steep wooded bank falling sharply
to the bottom of the glen which marks the division
between the parishes of Durisdeer and Penpont
and about 1/4 m. [mile] SE. [South East] of the cottages at Cleuch-head
is a small fort of an irregular circular form.
From the N. [North] the ground declines towards the
fort; to the S. [South] is the glen and on the E [East] a small
ravine, now to some extent choked with rubbish,
gradually deepening as it debouches on the glen
and forming the channel of a small stream.
Along the side of this ravine even where it is
shallow at its commencement there no longer
remains any trace of defences but from its
edge at the NE. [North East] corner of the fort, a broad
rampart of earth with a ditch to the outside
curves round in a somewhat distended
semicircle to the face of the bank overlooking
the glen on the SW. [South West]. The interior measures
about 100' by 76'. On the N. [North] the trench has
a width of about 38' and depth of about 7'
diminishing on the W. [West] to 32' and 5' respectively,
the counterscarp gradually becoming less
pronounced as the trench opens on the
bank of the glen. From the
interior on the N. [North] the rampart rises to a
height of about 6'. The surrounding land

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