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seemingly surmounted by a wall now overgrown
with grass, The rampart is low on the inner side
but presents a scarp to the exterior varying from
4 ft. [feet] to 6 ft. [feet] in height. Where the ground outside
has risen toward the fort it has been cut through
by a trench and on the S E. [South East] such a cutting is through
rock. The entrance has been from the West at the
lowest point of the enceinte but the rampart on
either side has been too much worn down to
admit of approximate measurement.

Forts Newhall Hill
Two forts lie on the summit of Newhall Hill
an eminence which rises to a height of 888 ft.[feet]
over sea level and occupies an important
strategic position at the divergence of two
passes the one by the head waters of the Milk
into upper Eskdale and the other via Wauchopedale
into Langholm. The forts lie within 40 ft. [feet] of each
other the one on the actual summit of the hill
with a view in all directions and the other
The upper fort is oval in form lying across
the strike of the hill with its longest axis
E [East] and W. [West] measuring 198 ft. [feet] by 160 ft. [feet]. It is sur:
:rounded by a rampart 22 ft. [feet] wide at base
formed of the splintered rock and earth,
the trench which lies in front. with a mound

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