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Annan some 400 yds [yards] distant and has been
constructed from unusually adaptable material
features. The enceinte is a semi oval with
its chord E [East] and W [West] lying along the edge of the
ravine and falling considerably in level to
the former direction measuring interiorly 240 ft. [feet] by 129 ft [feet]. It is enclosed by a
massive rampart, seemingly a structureless
mass of small stones, rising some 5 to 6 feet
above the level of the interior area. In front
of this rampart is a trench 36 feet wide, 8 feet
deep below the crest of the scarp and from 5
to 6 ft. [feet] below that of the counterscarp. To
this extent the defenses appear to be in the
main artificial but beyond this a remarkable
conformation of the ground has been utilized
to provide on the upper half of the fort two
outer ramparts separated by a trench-like
hollow with a second trench to the outside,
being transformed on the lower half of the
periphery, through the convergence of the
two hollows and the consequent elimination
of the outer rampart, into a single mound
and trench. This trench or hollow passes
round the lower end of the fort and opens
onto the face of the ravine. These outer mounds
and hollows are clearly discernible as natural

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