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on the highest point of the hillock in the line of
the enclosing bank is a small oblong
depression measuring superficially 7 ft [feet] 6 ins [inches]
by 5 ft. [feet] 6 ins. [inches] and sunk some 2 ft. [feet] below the
surface, while on the E [East] edge also on the
line of the mound is another hollow which
may mark the site of a hut.

Lochmaben Par. 3 [circled] Fort Corncockle Plantation
This fort is situated in the S W [South West] angle of
Corncockle Plantation about 1/3 mile to the
Eastward of the village of Templeland. It is on
the Southern extremity of a ridge and
commands a considerable prospect to the
N W. [North West] up the valley of the Kinnell water and
Southwards down Annandale. In form it
is oval with its longest axis E. [East] and W. [West],
measuring 162 ft [feet] by 132 ft [feet] and is surrounded
by a massive rampart of earth & stone
some 3 to 4 ft. [feet] high on the interior with
a trench to the outside from 24 ft. [feet] to 28 ft. [feet]
wide, 8 ft. [feet] deep below the crest of
the rampart and from 2 ft. [feet] to 3 ft. [feet] deep
below that of the counterscarp. The entrance
has been from the E.[East] 8 ft. [feet] to 10 ft. [feet] wide
opening into an excavated hollow measuring
some 30 ft. [feet] by 26. [feet] The interior is overgrown
with heather, bracken and coarse grass so

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