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narrow ridge, The situation is on absolutely level
and low lying ground with the steep slope of the
Eastern wall of the valley mounting upwards some
50 yards distant from it. There is no surrounding
trench, and the character & situation in
no way suggest a mote, the hillock is probably
quite natural.

Fort Auchincat Burn.
This is a large semicircular or horse shoe shaped earthwork
which lies on the North side of the Auchencat
Burn about 1/2 mile above the spot where
it is crossed by the road to Ericstane. Its
situation is the top of a lofty bank which has
a steep and in places well nigh precipitous
slope down to the burn some 70 to 80 feet
below. The defences consist of a massive
rampart of earth and stone, bold all round
except towards the edge of the ravine, rising to
a height on the interior face of some 5 to 6 feet,
covered in front by a trench the floor of which
lies at deepest some 8 feet below the crest of
the rampart and 4 to 5 feet below that of
the counterscarp. The trench has an average
width from crest to crest of 33 ft. [feet] and appears
to have been dug entirely out of soil, the counter:
:scarp having a gentle slope and giving
no evidence of rock cutting. The base of the

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