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merge into them as if they were a part of the original
construction.

Enclosure Pyatshaws Rig.
On the crest of the Pyatshaws Rig a prominent
ridge running Northward from the valley of the
Water of Milk and to the S E. [South East] of Corrie Common formimg the watershed between the Troutbeck
and the Stidrigg Burn is a circular
enclosure lying at an elevation of 774 ft. [feet] over
sea level and measuring 162 ft. [feet] in diameter.
It is surrounded by a rampart of earth and
stone some 2 ft. [feet] to 3 ft. [feet] in height on the inner
side and dropping some 6 ft. [feet] on the exterior to
a narrow trench 19' wide from crest to crest. The entrance is on the
E. [East] some 9 ft. [feet] wide and passes over the trench
on unexcavated ground. On the S. [South] there is
a narrow passage from the trench, expanding
slightly to a circular hollow some 6 to 8 ft. [feet] in dia. [diameter] as it expands inward through the
rampart flanked on either side by a broad
mound or talus projecting out from the rampart
and bounded on the inside beyond the line
of the rampart by a mound 24 ft. [feet] long
and 14 ft. [feet] broad. A narrow passage slightly
higher than the level of the interior passes by
the end of this mound inwards. The counter:
:scarp in front of this excavated hollow
is not broken down nor is the trench intermitted.
Lying within the rampart on the N. [North] side of the

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