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height of from 7 ft. [feet[ to 12 ft. [feet] with a trench in
front measuring 47 ft. [feet] in width from crest to
crest on the N. [North] and W. [West] and gradually flattening
to a terrace 25ft. [feet] broad as it passes from S [South] to E [East]
in which direction the ground declines somewhat
sharply from the fort. The depth of the trench
is now some 3 to 4 ft. [feet] below the rounded
crest of the counterscarp which is
under cultivation. Running concentrically with
the trench from the N. [North] round to the S. [South] is a
broad gravelly mound measuring some 60 to
70 ft. [feet] across and with an elevation at highest
of about 6 ft. [feet] above the bottom of the trench
which to some extent at least has probably been
a natural formation. The entrance some 10 ft. [feet]
wide is up a ramp from the East. The
interior is fairly level. On the S E. [South East] the outer edge
of the terrace there stands on end a weathered
boulder of Contomerate of 3ft. [feet] 5 ins. [inches] in height
above ground and 10 ft. [feet] 6 ins. [inches] in circumference.
The site is strongly defended on the South by
two small lochs, the Upper Loch and the Mill
Loch and adjacent marshy ground while
except towards the N. [North] there is a sharp declivity
from the edge of the terrace and of the outer
mound, and commands a considerable

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