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does not appear to have been protected at its base.
A natural outcrop of rock crosses the NE [North East] end of
the summit and along this has been erected
a stony rampart now for the most part torn out, forming the boundary of
the fort in this direction. The enceinte thus
completed has been an irregular oval meas:
: ing about 110' from SW [South West] to NE [North East] by 66' across.
Near the centre are some low outcropping
rocks beside which is a circular depression
with a somewhat artificial appearance.
and there are one or two similarly suggestive
sites on the NE [North East] point of the hillock.

West Kirkcarswell Fort.
About 1/4 m. [mile] NW. [North West] of West Kirkcarswell there is situated
on the E [East] end of a broad rocky ridge by the
roadside, a small defensive enclosure
It consists of a rocky summit irregularly
circular rising to a height of 10' or thereby above
the bottom of a shallow trench some 6' wide,
cut through the rock which surrounds it
in horseshoe fashion at its base, the ends
resting on the edge of the steep bank with which
the ridge terminates towards the NE [North East]. Around the
edge of the summit rises a stony rampart
with a height of 3' or 4' enclosing an area some 48' in dia [diameter].
A break in the rampart and levelling
up of the steep rocky scarp on the NNW [North North West]

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