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construction has been surrounded except where
the ravine on the S. [South] serves a similar purpose, and
at the base of the slope by a trench some
30 ft. [feet] in width from crest to crest, flat bottomed
on the N E. [North East], or higher end and V shaped on
the lower. In the former position the scarp
& counterscarp have respectively heights of
5 ft. [feet] and 4 ft. [feet] and in the latter of considerably
more (I think about 10 ft. [feet] and 6 ft. [feet] but I omitted
to note the measurement. Above the trench
on the interior is a parapet mound in
rear of which the ground appears to have
been dug out so that from the crest of the
mound there is a gradual decline
merging into the slope of the interior. The
enclosure is on falling ground and opens
with no defences at its lower end on to the
low haugh land and has rising ground
immediately above it. For the last 82 ft. [feet] of
the longer diameter to the bottom of the slope
the gradient is steeper.

Graveyard Corriehills
Some 4 ft. [feet] out from the S. [South] wall of the grave:
:yard is a stone carved on the front with
the figure of a man with a wig on his head
& wearing a skirted coat holding a skeleton
by the hand. On the back an inscription

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