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With a counterscarp some 4 ft. [feet] in height. Around
the rest of the fort no rampart surmounts the
slopes and at the S. [South] end only for a short distance
towards the S W. [South West] is a trench cut through opposing
ground. The outline of the S. [South] end is very irregular
In the interior there are the foundations of three
rectangular enclosures with banks of earth &
stone evidently sheep folds and probably secondary
and also along the E. [East] side less definite remains
of smaller enclosures. The entrance is in
the centre of the S. [South] end and opens into an artificial
looking hollow some 30 ft. [feet] in length by 9 ft. [feet] in breadth.
There is a considerable view from the site over
the upper reaches of Annandale.

Stone Circle Kirkhill
Situated on the moor in an angle between two
feeders of a burn and 1/4 m. [mile] E S E. [East South East] of Kirkhill are
the remains of a stone circle consisting of
seven large blocks of whinstone not more than
18 ins. [inches] above ground and probably only two of
them now in their original upright position.
The stones are not large, the average length
being about 3 ft. [feet] 6 ins. [inches]. The diameter of the
circle has been approximately [blank[ and
a number of the stones have evidently been
removed.