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towards the higher level of from 3 to 4 feet. Against
the S [South] East arc on the interior lie some low heaps
of stones irregularly circular, suggestive of
hut foundations, and on the North North West
there is an elevated circular platform with
a diameter of some 40 feet to the S. [South] of which
appears to have been the entrance coming from
the West.

Fort Ericstane
This fort occupies the crest of a ridge lying
North and South rising slightly from the
East and falling about 100 ft. [feet] by a long gradual
descent to the bottom of the Annan valley
on the West, to the Northward there is likewise
a considerable gradient to the bed of the
? Cocklaw Burn. It lies 1/2 mile NNE [North North East] of Ericstane
and at an elevation of 700 feet over sea level.
The interior of the fort is oval lying with its
longest axis North and South and measuring
176 feet by 143 ft [feet]. It is surrounded by two
stony mounds not truly concentric, the
distance over the flat intervening space
being 26 ft. [feet] and 15 ft. [feet] on the North and
West respectively, and 40 ft. [feet]
on the South and East to the outside
is a trench with an average width of 20 ft. [feet]
from crest to crest & a greatest depth of 4 ft [feet] below the crest
of an outer mound forming the counterscarp. The inner mound has

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