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declining in front of it slightly to rise to a higher
eminence a mile away and holds in view to
the Southward the vale of the Corrie Water and
to N W [North West] and N E. [North East] a fringe of distant mountain tops
The fort has been curvilinear, either circular or
oval but its original shape has been lost by the
destruction of the South arc in cultivation. The
remaining portion is surrounded by a
rampart rising some 3 ft. [feet] above the interior
level and dropping some 6 or 7 feet to a trench
some 30 ft. [feet] wide cut through rock, and some
3 ft. [feet] in depth below the crest of the counterscarp.
Across the moorland from the N E. [North East] a
mound some 11 ft. [feet] in breadth and about 2 ft. [feet]
in height, with a trench some 13 ft. [feet] in width on
the W [West] side is to be seen approaching directly
towards the highest point of the fort. As it
draws near to it a second parallel mound
is discernible on the W. [West] side of the trench
and at some 52 ft. [feet] distant from the outer rampart
of the fort, forming the counterscarp of its trench,
the two mounds diverge to junction with the
counterscarp mound as it passes along each
flank forming an angular enclosure in front.
There is no perceptible junction of these mounds
with the actual defences of the fort and they

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Bizzy- Moderator, Jane F Jamieson