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^1. and on the right of the hollow
from the slight ridge on the surface there
appears to be an oval foundation, probably
of a hut circle

longest axis towards the entrance measuring
some 34 ft. [feet] by 28 ft. ^1. There seems to have been a
second entrance by a ramp a little to the
S E. [South East] of the other approached a long the face of the
steep bank. The fort on Rangecastle Hill looks
down on this from the opposite side of the Dryfe.

Enclosure Peat Hill
On the E [East] slope of Peat Hill at an elevation of some
800 ft. [feet] over sea level and looking down a hollow
Southward into Dryfesdale are portions of an
oval enclosure. It lies on sloping ground dipping
considerably to a hollow on the E [East] in which there
is a spring of water. The construction consists
of two segments of rampart, the sides of the oval, some
200 ft. [feet] and 160' in length respectively, covered by a trench
23 ft. [feet] wide and 4 deep. On the N W. North West] and S E. [South East] the
highest and lowest points the cincture does
not appear to have been completed, but from end to
end of the S W. [South West] segment a low bank has been erected
forming an enclosure of that side at the upper
end of which is a circular excavated hollow
some 3 ft. [feet] in diameter,

Enclosure Waterhead
Behind the shepherd's house at Waterhead on the
left bank of the Dryfe and some 40' above the
base of the hill there is a foursided enclosure
with rounded angles measuring about 100 ft. [feet]
each way dug out of the falling ground

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