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a return Southwards but being thickly overgrown
with turf it is difficult to follow to its conclusion.
The rampart has a width at base of some 15
feet and rises some 7 feet above the bottom
of the trench: it shows on its crest an indication
of stone work and the trench is partially cut
through rock. There is a gap in the
rampart on the East side almost opposite to
that on the West, but it is probably secondary:
there is also a break from the S E. [South East] at the
S. [South] end which from the discontinuance of
the trench in front appears to be original.

Fort Park Hill
On the East flank of Park Hill at an elevation
of 800 ft. [feet] over sea level there lies on a bench
of the hill side overlooking the vale of the Annan
the remains of a circular or oval enclosure
now consisting of a rampart in form of
a horseshoe which has enclosed the N [North] end
It is stony and rises some 4 ft. [feet] to 5 ft. [feet] on the inner
side and 3 ft. [feet] to 4 ft. [feet] on the outer face above
the bottom of a trench much destroyed by
ploughing The chord between the ends of
the rampart measures 83 ft. [feet] and the bisectional
diameter 72 ft. [feet]. The interior appears to have
been hollowed to some extent by excavation.