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short a conversation with a local pundit of
considerable repute in his parish because I
expressed doubt on the subject. “If that forts no
Roman then I’ve lived my life in vain”! was
his last word.

Fort Dalmakethar
This fort is situated about 1/4 m.[mile] E. [East] by N. [North] of Dal:
:makethar farm in the north of the parish at
an elevation of nearly 400 ft. [feet] above sea level
and at the edge of a steep bank overhanging the
Dalmakethar Burn which flows by on the N. [North]
some 50 ft. [feet] below. To the E. [East] the ground rises by
an easy gradient to the skyline some three
or four hundred yards distant; to the S. [South] it
falls away trending Westward, while on the
West it has a rather steep declivity
for some 50 ft. [feet] to a hollow in
the cultivated land below. The interior area of
the fort is oval with its longest axis N N E. [North North East] and
S S W. [South South West] measuring 126 ft. [feet] by 98 ft. [feet] and entirely
surrounded by a rampart of earth and stone
From the edge of the ravine of the burn on the N E. [North East]
along the E. [East] side and the S. [South] end is a double
trench with an intervening rampart broadest
& deepest on the S. [South] and diverging from the central
enceinte as it passes Westward onto the face
of the steep slope. Thence it is said to have

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