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one at the N W [North West] angle which is modern and the
other near the end of the W. [West] side: the latter, if original,
has been altered and a road leads up to it from
the meadow below.

Enclosure Cocklawrig
On the W. [West] point of the Cocklawrig at an elevation
of some 800 ft. [feet] over sea level and at a distance of about
1/4 mile to the North of Waterhead is a circular en:
:closure measuring some 120 ft. [feet] by 110 ft. [feet] in diameter.
The rig is watershed between the Dryfe Water and
the [blank] burn and faces straight down the
valley of the former. The enclosure has been formed
by a stone wall some 6 ft [feet] in thickness at base now
reduced to a low stony bank overgrown with
turf. It is not surrounded by a trench and
except for its site affords no suggestion of a
defensive construction. It appears to have been
hollowed to a depth of some 2 ft. [feet] in the interior.

Carthur Hill Fort.
This fort is situated on the extreme E [East] edge of
the summit of Carthur Hill, an eminence which
rises very steeply for some 250 ft [feet] above the right
bank of the Dryfe Water & to the S W. [South West] of Waterhead.
On the W. [West] a hollow cuts off the site of the fort
from the extended platform of the hilltop, while along the
E [East] side the slope is almost precipitous.
The enceinte which is oblong with rounded
ends lias with its longest axis N E. [North East] and S W. [South West]

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