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which may indicate the sites of huts but they
may also have been produced by the removal
of turf to build the turf dykes which cross the
fort. The total length of the promontory within
the defences is 143'. At 68' from the inner ditch
it narrows to 40' and for the last 23' it is
only some 5' wide.
Reached Logan about 6.0. A most beautiful
place with a lovely garden in which palms
& tree ferns flourish out of doors all the year
round.

14th January 1911.
Motored straight to the Mull. The
Cairn marked near the lighthouse has
been recently removed but appears, from
the stones shown to me and said to have
been removed from it, to have been quite
modern.

Kirkmaiden Par. [Parish]. Intrenchment Mull of Galloway.
Across the landward extremity of
the Mull of Galloway on either side of
the connecting neck runs an intrenchment.
That towards the S. [South] is the longer and
more formidable. It lies across the
peninsula just before the ground drops to its lowest level at the neck, for a distance of 1/4 m. [mile] or
rather more and is well preserved.
It appears to have consisted of two
mounds of earth and stone, with an inter:

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