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point of the interior of the fort. Flanking the
Southern side of this approach a low bank is
observable abutting on the rock face and seeming
to pass in a curve with a greatest depth of
30 ft. [feet] round to the West forming a small
enclosure at the base of the rock. Except,
adjacent to the entrance to the fort however, this out:
:work is somewhat ill defined. The summit
of the hill does not appear to have been
artificially levelled, but there are some three
slightly hollowed circular areas which
may be hut sites and facing the valley
of the Scar water at the North end of the
hillock is a more considerable hollow
which likewise appears to have been
artificially formed.
This fort is unnoted on the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] Maps
& was first observed by Gladstone who
drew my attention to it.
Along the West flank of the
isolated summit which rises about
1/4 mile to the East of Grennan Hill is
a slight trench with a well defined
scarp on the upper side and a slight
mound on the counterscarp, occurring
about halfway up the slope of the hill. The

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