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gradient of about 1 in 9. The fort lies at an
elevation of some 600 ft. [feet] over sea level, at its
higher end some 36 ft. [feet] above the burns and
at its lowest about 30. It is oblong on plan
with its longest axis N E [North East] and S W. [South West] measuring
198 ft. [feet] by 108 ft. [feet] and is surrounded by a massive
rampart of earth and stone rising above the interior
level some 8 ft. [feet] at the N E. [North East] end and diminishing
to 3 ft. [feet] or 4 ft. [feet] along each flank. On the N W. [North West]
side of the fort is not far distant from the pre:
:cipitous edge of the ravine of the Corrie, but on
the opposite or S E. [South East] flank a stretch of level
ground intervenes between the base of the ridge
& the burn. On the former side outer defences
have been deemed unnecessary but on the
latter some 15 ft. [feet] below the crest of the parapet
at the higher end and 10 ft. [feet] at the lower, is a
terrace varying from 13 ft. [feet] to 18 ft. [feet] in breadth
commencing directly below the line of the
rampart at the N E [North East] end and carried round
to the S W. [South West] where faced with a rampart it
forms a small forecourt 18 ft. [feet] broad in
front of the entrance. At 80 ft. [feet] out from
the rampart at the N E. [North East] end another mound
25 ft. [feet] broad at base, but now low in elevation, crosses
the higher part of the ridge with a trench like

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