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fort within the defences along the edge of the bank measuring 242 ft [feet]
and the bisectional diameter 136 ft [feet]. The entrance
with an approximate width of 8 feet has been
a short distance in from the edge of the ravine
on the West side passing the banked up end of
the trench on the North and through the rampart
which to the South of it has evidently taken a sharp turn Eastward
along the edge of the ravine at this point less
steep than elsewhere.

Ericstane Sundial
Standing within the garden at Ericstane is
a sundial which is said to have come
originally from Wamphray Place.
From a base 3 feet square which has originally
been moulded at the upper edge with half round
vertical mouldings at the angles there rises
a shaft a square of 8 inches in section and
2 feet in height, supporting a cushion cap,
on which rests the table incised with the dial,
a double hexagon in form, 1ft [foot] 9 1/2 ins [inches] in
diameter, each facet measuring 6 inches
across and except those respectively facing
N [North] & S. [South] bearing a cup shaped hollow in the
centre 3 1/2 inches in diameter crossed obliquely
by a thin iron rod. The hollows facing N [North] and S. [South]

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