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Fort Castle Hill
Some 200 yds [yards] to the S E [South East] of the last is another
fort. It is formed on an eminence at an elev:
:ation of 800' over sea level overlooking the valley
of the Esk, and about ¼m [mile] W [West] of the farm of Holm Mill
and has its main axis N E. [North East] and S W. [South West]. Towards
the N [North] is a hollow cutting it off from the higher slope
of the hill beyond and on the S. [South] with an abrupt
and in places precipitous rocky face the ground
declines rapidly to the base of the hill. On plan
the fort is semi oval with the edge of the steep
Southern escarpment forming the chord. So
strongly is it protected by nature on the S. [South] that
artificial earthwork has been dispensed with
but around the periphery towards the lower ground below
a bold scarp from the summit level there runs
a double trench with an intervening rampart
22' broad at base. The trenches from crest to
crest measure the inner 33' across and the outer
16' while the inner former has a depth of 12' below
the crest of the scarp and 3'. 6'' below that of the
Counterscarp and the latter similar measure:
:ments of 8' and 3'. 6''. The rampart has been
of earth and stone and there has been
considerable rock cutting in the trenches.
The entrance has been on the summit level
at the N E. [North East] angle, some 8' to 9' wide, passing

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