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passes along the hill side and turns away in
a South Westerly direction. It is unusually
massive for a feal dyke but it is impossible
to say whether it is contemporaneous with the
fort though it is so with enclosures, obviously
folds, further to the N. [North]

? Fort Roseburrian
This enclosure is situated on a plateau
somewhat less than 1/4 mile to the S W. [South West] of the
last. The ground in front of it on the E. [East]
is level and marshy while on the S. [South] it is
also flat. To the N. [North] it falls away at a
steep gradient for some 60 ft. [feet] and to the
W. [West] declining gradually for about 40 yds. [yards]
it drops thereafter sharply to the bed of a burn
The enclosure appears to have been oblong
with rounded ends but the defences to
the N. [North] and N W. [North West] have entirely disappeared, if
any permanent rampart existed there, while
along the W. [West] side they are now very slight
along the S. [South] and E. [East] there exists a massive
mound of earth and stone with a
scarp to the exterior at a very regular height
of from 6 ft. [feet] to 8 ft. [feet] and rising from 2 ft. [feet] to 4 ft. [feet].
in height on the interior. Where the ground
rises towards the enclosure from the outside
it is cut through forming a trench. The

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