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construction differs essentially from those in
the Langholm district in that the interior at all
points lies at a superior level to the land
outside and that except perhaps in rear of the
rampart when there may have been slight
excavation it shows no hollowing out.

Forts. Broomhillbank Hill (6)
Situated on the West side of the S. [South] end of the
summit of Broomhillbank Hill at an
elevation of 800 ft. [feet] over sea level is a fort
commanding an extensive view of Annandale
which it overlooks.The ground rises very
steeply to the level of the fort from the E. [East]
and elsewhere from below and beyond to a
second fort on the actual summit it mounts
by easy gradients. The enceinte which is
approximately circular measuring some
230 ft. [feet] in diameter is surrounded except
above the E.[East] declivity by two concentric rampart
of earth and stone, the inner 18' wide at base
and the outer 22 ft [feet], separated by a trench some
18 ft. [feet] wide and 4 ft. [feet] in depth. Some 70 ft. [feet] beyond
the outer rampart lies a third of low elevation,
some 16 ft. [feet] broad at base, which runs concentrically
from the N E [North East] and as it passes from S. [South] to S W. [South West]
gradually converges with the intermediate
rampart meeting it 106 ft. [feet] from its termination

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