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of the fort is under crop and any mound which
may have encircled the plateau has long since
been ploughed down. The O.S. [Ordnance Survey] map shows the
plan as an irregular oval with almost a right
angle towards the N W. [North West] formed by the meeting of two comparatively
straight faults. With its longest
axis N N W [North North West] to S S E. [South South East] it has measured some 200ft. [feet]
by 150 ft. [feet].

Cairn No.15. Dryfeholm
Of this cairn as shown on the 6'' map there is not
a trace nor does its existece appear to be recollected.
A man who had been on the place 33 years had
never heard of it.

Fort. Gallaberry Dryfeholm.
This fort is situated on the crest of a ridge of
land that lies between the Dryfe Water and
the Annan about 1 mile above their confluence.
It has been an oval enclosure with its longest
axis N W. [North West] and S E. [South East] measuring in the interior
some 320 ft. [feet] in length and according to the
line of its now demolished defences on the N E. [North East] as
indicated on the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] plan, some 210 ft. [feet] in breadth.
On the S W. [South West] the ground falls abruptly for some
40 ft. [feet] to 50 ft [feet] to the low haugh. land which
stretches back to the Annan and on the N E. [North East]
it has a longer and easier gradient towards
the Dryfe, towards the N W. [North West] it falls by a
gentle inclination, as likewise it does to the S E. [South East]

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