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path into the base court. Where the trench
passes along the N E [North East] face over the low ground
by the burn an outer mound some 3 ft. [feet] in
height forms the counterscarp through
which near the centre where the ground
is lowest in level and wet there is a gap
some 30 ft. [feet] wide.

Camp Garpol Water
On the low haugh land by the left bank of
the Garpol Water close by the footbridge on
the road from Egypt to Holmshaw and
about 1 1/2 miles direct to the North West of Beatock
are the remains of a rectangular enclosure
to which a Roman origin has been at:
;tributed. Except for its rectangular
oblong form there seem no grounds for
such an assumption: the site is over:
:looked in all directions, commands no
prospect, and has an elevation above
the summer level of the Garpol Water
varying from 8 feet at the N W [North West] to about
4 feet at the lower end. The enceinte is
oblong with the angles very slightly rounded lying with its main axis N W [North West] and
S E. [South East] and has when complete measured
some 277 feet by 172 feet, the South angle
having apparently been entirely washed
away by the stream. It has been surrounded

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