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some 30'. The entrance is from the E [East] at the
top of the bank near the river, 4' in breadth,
and directly over looks a hollow on the face
of the bank carried to the higher level in front
of the entrance. The rampart appears to be of
earth and as there is no surrounding trench
it has probably been formed of material dug
out of the interior which is rather damp.

Fort Bogle Walls.
This fort is situated at the roadside about
1/4m [mile] E. [East] by S. [South] of Enzieholm on an angular
spit of land formed by the debouchment of
the glen of a small burn on the W. [West] onto the
high bank which bounds the bed of the valley
of the Esk, some [blank] yds [yards] back from the stream.
The glen on the W. [West] has an average depth of
some 15' and the bank towards the river
an altitude of about 30'. By constructing from
bank to bank on a quadrant of a circle
a massive rampart with a deep V shaped
ditch to the outside and a slight mound
on the counterscarp a triangular enceinte
has been formed, measuring along the straight
sides 120' and 144' and bisectionally 132'. The
rampart towards the interior rises to a height
of from 7' to 8; it appears to be formed of
earth and has evidently been surmounted

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