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from a steep bank lying parallel & falling in the direction of the burn
The interior has been to some extent hollowed by
excavation the floor level on the South being some
3 feet below that of the ground immediately outside
It has been crossed by a broad bank from East
South East to West North West cutting off about
3/8 against the South arc. at the West end of which
a circular hollow appears to have been formed
measuring some 60 ft. [feet] by 52 ft. [feet] in diameter. Another
cross wall runs in a North Easterly direction from a
point somewhat to the East of the centre of the
main divisional bank and forms a triangular
enclosure against the East arc of which
however, the North angle is unclosed. The entrance
6 ft. [feet] wide has been from the South West flanked
on the left by an inward return of the rampart
for a distance of some 12 ft. [feet]. From it to the Trenchland
Burn on the West a roadway is traceable where
its course has been cut through opposing rock
and down the bank of the burn.
Beyond the enclosure on the point of the plateau
to the Northwest is an area which appears to
have been hollowed and some 250 yards to the Eastward at the base of the rising ground to:
:wards the upper end of the field and close by
the bank of the burn are a number of indeterminate

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