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No. 77 -- FORTS -- No. 78
of it, at first upon a line of outcropping rock, to die out
among the rocks near the E. end. At a point 70 ft. from
the W. end of this wall, a branch 20 ft. in length runs N.
from it to the foot of the rocky slope here flanking the
summit area. The little enclosure thus formed lies at the
bottom of a narrow, natural crevice which runs NE.
obliquely up the slope to the line of the main wall of the
fort and which could have formed a subsidiary entrance
to it. A gap about 6 ft. in width occurs about half-way
along wall D on the terrace. This wall might be con-
temporary with the fort.
At a point a few yards W. of the entrance in wall D a
small rectangular hut, measuring 14 ft. by 9 ft., within a
wall 2 ft. in thickness, has been built partly upon and
partly within the ruin of the wall. This hut is comparable
in size and appearance with the four that lie on the slopes
of Dungoil (No. 586), two and a half miles to the SE.
A modern cairn 6ft. in height and 18 ft. in diameter,
built from stones taken from the debris of the main wall,
stands close to the SE. extremity of the summit area.
extremity of the summit area.

605865 -- NS 68 NW (unnoted) -- 19 May 1953

78. Fort, Meikle Reive. This fort is situated on
the S. face of the Campsie Fells, 1100 yds. NE. of Bencloich

[Plan Inserted]
Fig. 17. Fort, Meikle Reive (No. 78)

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