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18 Sept 1912
Fort Camp Knowe Chapel Hill
This fort is situated on a rocky
eminence at an elevation of ? 800 feet
above sea level on the crest of the Chapel
Hill the watershed between the Annan & the Elvan, which rises steeply on the West for some
[blank] feet from the Elvan Water and slopes
away by more easy gradients in all other
directions. The hillock rises by a somewhat
gradual slope from the Northward to an
elevation of some 20ft. [feet] faced at its Southern
extremity by steep rocky slope. The summit
which is very uneven and shows no signs
of having been levelled lies with it's longest
axis NE. [North East] and South West and measures
163 feet by 111 feet. Except around the North
arc where the defences have been obliterated
there runs around the hillock from its base
where the adjacent ground is highest and
maintaining a fairly regular level as it
encirles it a trench some 21 feet in width
at the level of the counterscarp with a
mound to the outside having as the
ground falls away a scarp from 7ft [feet] to
11 feet in height. A hollow leads to
the summit from the North East and opposite
it the trench terminates. At 45 feet South
of its termination there is an opening

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