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182' from N [North] to S. [South] by 184' from E. [East] to W. [West] and is surrounded
by a bold rampart, most prominent on the N. [North]
towards the higher ground, and declining Southward
where, however, a natural defence is furnished by
the steep scarp of a bank falling to the haugh-
-land below. On the interior the rampart on
the N. [North] rises to an elevation of about 9', and on the
E. [East] to 8', it has been formed of earth and stone
and along its crest, which is flat and narrow,
there is a suggestion of stone-work. On the
W. [West] flank a trench has been excavated, not
traceable around the N [North], some 26' in width
from crest to crest, 10' in depth from the
top of the rampart and 5' from the counterscarp;
and along the E. [East] side runs a trench-like hollow possibly
natural. Some 30' out from the counterscarp
of the trench on the W. [West] side is an outer trench
some 25' wide and 6' deep carried on to the
edge of the burn. The double trench on this
flank appears to have been intended to counter
any attack on the fort by means of the
hollow down which flows the burn some 200'
away. The entrance has apparently been from
the SW. [South West] into a slight circular depression faced
with a distinct scarp passing segmentally
from W. [West] to S. [South] and swelling into a low

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