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runs around the base of Fir Tree Hill connected
in some cases with enclosures.

Applegarth Fort (15)
This fort is situated on a plateau on the Western
slope of Fir Tree Hill at an elevation of 740 ft. [feet] or
thereby above sea level. It is an oblong enclosure
lying with its longest axis N N W. [North North West] and S S E. [South South East] measuring
interiorly 154 ft. [feet] by 97 ft. [feet] surrounded by a rampart
of earth and stone rising some 4 ft. [feet] above the
interior level, with a trench beyond 26 ft. [feet] broad
3 ft. [feet] to 4 ft. [feet] deep below the crest of the scarp and with
a mound on the counterscarp which on the N E. [North East]
or higher side rises 7 ft. [feet] above the bottom of the
trench. The entrance has been from the E. [East] 5 ft. [feet]
in width where it passes through the inner
mound It presents a peculiar arrangement.
The mound which crowns the counterscarp as
it comes round from the N. [North] is returned across
the trench straight towards the opening through
the inner rampart and stops a few feet distant
from it leaving a passage into the trench to
the N. [North] as well as to the interior. The space
left between the return of of the mound where it leaves its regular curve and
the end of the outer mound at its continuance
is only some 2 ft. [feet] Above the fort some 50 ft. [feet]
back from the entrance a broad earthen
bank 16 ft. [feet] wide at base and 3 ft. [feet] high

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