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consists of a massive rampart rising some
6ft. [feet] above the interior level and dropping steeply
for 12 ft. [feet] at most to a trench in part a natural
hollow 38 ft. [feet] wide from crest to crest with a
depth of 7 ft. [feet] below the crest of the counterscarp.
As the rampart diverges at the N W. [North West] from the
line of the original hollow the trench ceases.
In rear of the defences at the N.W. [North West] end is an oval
hut circle near meas. [measuring] interiorly 30 ft. [feet] by 32 ft. [feet] with
its longest axis N W. [North West] and S E. [South East] surrounded
by a low bank of earth some 7 ft. [feet] wide with
a narrow break through it at either end
as if for entrance.

7" Augt. [August] 1912
Fort Carlerton.
This fort lies adjacent to the farm of Carterton
at the head of the glen of the Corrie Water
The site is the termination of a long narrow
sadlebacked ridge running in a South Westerly
direction and forming the watershed between
the Back Burn and the Corrie Water, which
flow by the base of the fort on either side
uniting some 70 to 80 yds. [yards] distant from the
point of the ridge. The fort occupies the
crest, the ground declining towards it by an
easy gradient from the N E. [North East] dropping steeply
to the respective burns on either flank and
running out to the termination of the ridge at a

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