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interiorly surrounded by an earthen bank
some 18'' high and 6' broad. the entrance through
which appears to have been from the W S W [West South West] where
there is a slight depression not however, carried
to the floor level. At the entrance to the
outerward the rampart on either side projects
outward and has probably been originally carried
forward to the counterscarp of the trench now cut
off by a modern roadway from the cottage.

? Fort Tundergarth 7.a.

[Margin]
Note This is not
the fort marked
on the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] see
p. [page] 117.

The O.S. [Ordnance Survey] marks a fort on the S. [South] slope of the glen
about 1/2 m. [mile] further E. [East] than Crawthat cottage.
It is not a fortified site but a large enclosure
surrounded by a turf bank and containing a smaller
one within it. Within the larger high up on the
E. [East] side is a hut circle measuring 24' in interior
diameter and surrounded by a turf bank some
18'' high - and at the base of the hill is another
measuring 21 ft. [feet] by 19 ft. [feet]. In neither case is the
entrance apparent

Middlebie Par. [Parish] Enclosure Muckle Snab Hill.
On the E. [East] face of Muckle Snab Hill at an
elevation of some 900 ft. [feet] over sea level as it
slopes down to the glen of the [blank] burn is
a fragment of a circular or oval enclosure
surrounded by a low stony bank. Within the
interior area on the lower side is an artificial
looking hollow measuring some 50 ft. [feet] in diameter

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