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of some 50 or 60 feet is traceable over the trench
and is probably secondary.

Enclosure Roundstonefoot
About 1/4 mile to the north of Roundstonefoot
and partially destroyed by the road up
Moffatdale has been an oval enclosure. It now
consists of little more than a semi-oval
the chord being marked by the wall at the
roadside measuring 105 ft [feet] by 60 ft. [feet] and
surrounded by a massive stony rampart
with an elevation of some 5 ft. [feet] at highest
on the exterior and not more than 3 ft. [feet] on
the inner side. The interior lies at two
distinct levels - the North half having
apparently been hollowed by excavation
to a depth of several feet. The entrance
some 6 ft. [feet] wide has opened into the lower
area from the N E. [North East].

Enclosure Selcoth
This enclosure is situuated on a projecting
point running out into the valley of the
Moffat Water on its Eastern side and some
250 yds. [yards] S W. [South West] of Selcoth. It is pear shaped
in form, surrounded by a single broad
stony rampart which except where it crosses
the neck of the promontory on the East, follows
the contour at the edge from which there
is a fall of from 20 to 40 ft. [feet] to the floor of

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