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from the SE. [South East] some 6' wide. The bank of the larger
enclosure is formed of stone and turf and is some
4' in thickness. Down the slope
toward the SW. [South West] are some 8 or 9 small cairn-
-like mounds 8' - 12' in diameter, two of which have been cleared out
in the centre without, however, leaving any sign
of an interment revealed.

Fort Kirklauchan (4).
On the coast about 1/2 m. [mile] S. [South] by W. [West] from the
farm of [--] is a promontory with
steep cliffs rising to a height of 100' or thereby
above the sea. Across the landward end
have been raised three parallel ramparts
with intervening ditches while a third
ditch has been dug in front of the outer banks.
The outer rampart measures 14' in thickness
at base, the intermediate one 22' and the
inner one 27' while the ditches measure respectively
in breadth 15', 18', and 27' with depth of
3', 5'.6" and 8'. Towards the W. [West] side a
turf bank crosses the ditches and is traceable
passing along the edge of the cliff in the interior
The entrance has passed directly to the interior
through the defences some 18' from the edge
of the slope on the E. [East] side & is flanked on the W. [West] where it crosses the 2nd ditch by a turf mound some 6' wide. The breadth
of the promontory in rear of the inner
rampart is 85' and its length backwards to

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