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the hills that girdle the horizon from Criffel
to Ettrick Pen. In form it is oval lying with its
main axis N N W. [North North West] and S S E. [South South East] measuring 225 ft. [feet] by
157 ft. [feet] and is surrounded by a stony rampart
formed in great measure of shivers of rock produced
by the excavation of the trench which lies at the
foot of it On the interior the rampart has a
height of some 3 ft. [feet] and is stony on its crest, a
condition due either to a pitching of rather
large stone or to the foundation of a parapet
wall. The trench measures some 30 ft. [feet] in width
from crest to crest and has a depth varying
from 7 ft. [feet] to 12 ft. [feet] below the crest of the scarp
and 3 ft. [feet] 6 ins. [inches] or thereby below that of the
mound which forms the counterscarp. There
are two entrances into the interior both opening
on excavated hollows one from the N E. [North East] as far as ascertainable about
7 ft. [feet] wide and the other from the S W. [South West] of similar width. From
the right side of the latter on entering a
wall crosses the interior cutting off about
1/4 of the area behind the S. [South] arc. The interior
has not been levelled nor except perhaps in
front of the entrance has it been hollowed
by excavation: it inclines gradually towards
the E. [East] to an eminence apparently of rock.
To the left of the S W. [South West] entrance and 25 ft. [feet] distant
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