gb0551ms-36-46-19

Transcription

[Page] 19

Westerkirk Par [Parish] Enclosure Bentpath
This enclosure is situated on the moorland just
outside the Southern end of the fir wood which runs
S. [South] for 3/4 m. [mile] from Bentpath. It lies just over the
crest of the watershed facing S. [South] and overlooking
the glen of the Boyken Burn at an elevation of some 700' over sea level, In form it is
circular measuring some 124' in diameter and
is surrounded by a bank of earth and stone
18' in breadth at base with a trench to the outside
18' wide and 3' - 6'' deep below scarp and counterscarp
where best preserved which is on the upper or
N W. [North West] side. On the E. [East] adjoining the wood the
bank has been almost entirely removed.
The entrance has been from the W. [West] over the
trench and through the bank and does not,
as usual, open on the lowest part of the interior.
Any details on the interior are obscured by a
dense growth of bracken.

13" July 1912.
Ewes Par [Parish] Fort Brieryshaw Hill
On the summit of Brieryshaw Hill is
situated a fort. The hill has an elevation
over sea level of some 700': to the NW. [North West] of it
rises the lofty Stake Hill to an altitude of 1348'
while to the S E. [South East] the ground falls with a
considerable declivity to the Ewes Water in
the valley below. The fort placed at the E [East] edge
of the plateau that forms the summit, is
circular in form measuring interiorly some

[Continued on page 20]