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At the SE [South East] end is the entrance, well defined, and
passing directly inwards through a series of
ramparts. On the right or North side on entering, there
remains but a short portion of a single outer
rampart which is returned to meet the inner
rampart. On the South side the defences
from the inner rampart outwards consist
of a trench some 10ft. [feet] deep below the crest
of the scarp, a broad ? banquette with a
bold rampart at its edge, a second trench
with a scarp having a vertical height of
10ft. [feet] and in front of it a third formidable
rampart with a slight trench at its base.
These defences pass round Southwards
from the entrance and terminate where
the slope of the hill becomes sufficiently
abrupt to allow them to be dispensed with.
As the outlook of the weather was hopeless
we returned to Dumfries and I wrote up
notes all afternoon.

7th May 1913
Dunscore Par [Parish] Fort Friars Carse
This fort is situated about 1/2 mile to the Westward
of the mansion house of Friars Carse on the top
of a steep bank overlooking the Nith from the South
at a point where the river departing
from a Southerly course makes a sharp bend
Eastwards. The fort is in form an irregular

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