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of 3' to 4'. It has not been formed at the base of
the hillock but about half way up so that
the scarp of the mound to the outside of it has
an elevation of some 8 ft. [feet] above the actual
base of the eminence on which the fort is
situated. There are two entrances, one 10 ft. [feet] wide
from the S W. [South West] carried over the trench on un:
:excavated ground and through the rampart
and another of similar width approached
from the N W. [North West] by a track along the
crest of the counterscarp of the trench thence
over the trench on excavated ground and
through the rampart at the highest level of
the interior. Towards the E. [East] and lowest side of the
interior are one or two
artificial hollows and small excavations
in the rock at the top of the steep slope the latter possible due to quarrying
for stone at no remote date.

Fort Rangecastle Hill (6)
This fort occupies the summit of a grassy
hill at an elevation of 951 feet over sea level
falling very steeply for some 400 feet to the
valley of the Dryfe on the West, sloping away
by an easy gradient into the moorland to the
South and East, and dipping with a steeper
declivity to the glen of the Murthat Burn
on the N. [North]. A regular eminence forms

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