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measuring interiorly some 42' surrounded
by a turf bank 12 ft: [feet] thick at base and about
2 ft: [feet] high, hollowed to some extent in the
interior and seemingly entered by a
narrow opening some 2' wide from the
W S W. [West South West]. Some 30 ft. [feet] to the E. [East] lie the foundations
of two conjoined parallel enclosures, quadrangu:
:lar and measuring interiorly 32 ft. [feet] by 12 ft. [feet]
surrounded by banks.
On the opposite side of the burn and some
200 yds. [yards] up the hillside is another small
enclosure or hut circle, oval in form
measuring 23 ft. [feet] by 20 ft. [feet] surrounded by
a turf bank 9 ft. [feet] thick at base and 2 ft. [feet]
high and with a narrow entrance entrance from
the S E. [South East] not clearly defined. Within 15' to
the Westward occupying the angle of the
feal dyke of an old field is
another small enclosure of similar character.

Enclosure Westside.
On the top of an elevation of 832' over sea
level is another large circular enclosure
of the prevaling type. It is surrounded
by a stony rampart some 22 ft. [feet] broad
at base with a concentric trench beyond
cut through rock some 36 ft. [feet] wide, 10 ft [feet] and

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