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that the details are difficult to determine but
there are indications of excavated hollows as in
the Eskdale forts and within the N W. [North West] arc there
seems to be a large hut circle with a bank of
earth and stone. Along the crest of the
rampart there is the usual remains of stone
work.

Fort Gotterbie Moor.
Situated in a hollow on the E. [East] side of Gotterbie
Moor and about 1 mile E. [East] by S. [South] of the village
of Templand is a small oblong quasi rectangular
fort lying with its main axis N W. [North West] and S E. [South East]
the four sides of which measure respectively commencing with the
S W. [South West] 125 ft. [feet] 133 ft.[ feet] 139 ft [feet] and 124ft. [feet] It is surrounded
by a rampart 14 ft. [feet] in thickness at base apparently
of earth, on the face of which at various points
stones appear as if laid, and some 3 ft. [feet] 6 ins. [inches] in
height above the natural level which is
that of the interior area, with a ditch in front
of it which has probably been wet and which
still holds water on the N E, [North East] S E, [South East] and part of
the S W. [South West] side. On the S E. [South East], where is
situated the entrance, this ditch measures
26 ft. [feet] in width from the crest of the rampart
to that of the low containing mound forming
the counterscarp and 19 ft. [feet] across at the surface level
of the water and on the three other sides 20 ft, [feet].

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