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Enclosure Arkleton (2)
This enclosure is situated about 1/4 m. [mile] E N E [East North East]
of Arkleton on the crest of a hog backed
grassy ridge bearing the name of the Birren
Rig, lying between the Birren Sike on the E [East]
and a burn which flows down to the Arkleton
Water on the W. [West] and at an elevation of 600 over
sea level. In form it is irregularly circular
measuring about 190' in diameter and is
surrounded by a broad rampart of earth
and stone some 30' broad at base and 6'
high. There have been two entrances, one from
the S E. [South East] into the lowest part of the interior opening
on an excavated hollow measuring approximately
some 70' by 60' in diameter flanked by higher
ground along the northern half of the interior,
and rising gradually on the S. [South] the other
from the S W. [South West] also opening on a hollow
from 60' to 70' in diameter faced by an
arc of higher and unexcavated ground towards
the N. [North]. As usual the case in these enclosures
there are various hollows both in the higher
and lower areas demarcated by banks of
soil or of unexcavated rock varying in
size and form but suggestive of sheep
or cattle pens. Against the rampart on
the N. [North] at the highest point a stony foundation

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