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the E [East] angle for a distance of 220 ft. [feet] it is no longer
to be seen but thereafter across an adjacent meadow
through a young plantation and an old wood
it can be followed with ease till it returns in a
N [North] Westerly direction close to the railway from
Riddings junction to Langholm, with the railway
line it gradually converges and is eventually
lost beneath it. On the N W. [North West] flank it has been
greatly interfered with in the formation of a
road, ditch, and hedge, which more or less
occupy its position, leaving it only partially
and intermittently recognisable. On the
S E [South East] side at 520 ft [feet] from the E [East] angle is a
well defined entrance some 72' in width
covered at 36' in front by a traverse, a mound
56' in length and 22' in breadth at base
at centre tapering slightly at each end
and 3'.7'' in elevation. From the vallum on
the East side of the entrance, as indicated
by the vegetation, the ditch is returned across
intervening space to the N E [North East] end of the traverse
and thence is taken along its outer face
terminating at its S W. [South West] extremity thus
restricting access to the entrance from
the S W [South West] only. At 126' to the N E. [North East] of this
entrance is a gap in the vallum 10' wide which
if not original does not seem to be modern. At 400 ft. [feet]

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