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Fort. Coats Hill
Situated on the South West flank of Coats Hill
600ft. [feet] in elevation above the sea level and 74 ft. [feet]
below the summit of the hill is an oval con:
:struction lying with its longest axis N. [North] and S. [South] measuring 121ft. [feet] by 91ft. [feet] and surrounded by a broad and very
stony rampart, possibly a wall, some 10 to 12 ft. [feet]
in thickness at base, with a height of from 2 to 3 ft. [feet]
except on the North where the interior of the
enclosure has been hollowed by excavation
giving the bank a height of some 5 ft. [feet] on the
interior and 2 ft. [feet] to the outside. The entrance
with an approximate width of 7 ft. [feet] has been
from the West and shows on it's South side
several large boulders in situ and displaced.
20 Sept. [September] 1912
Enclosure K'patrick [Kirkpatrick] Juxta (27)
On the Eastern slope of the Watershed betwixt
Kinnel and Annan, at an elevation of 300 feet
over sea level, some [blank] yds [yards] to the North West
of [blank] and now within cultivated ground
is a small almost circular enclosure which has
been surrounded by a stony bank or possibly
a wall some 6 ft. [feet] in thickness and now of
low elevation. With its longest axis North & South
it measures interiorly 105 ft. [feet] by 97 ft. [feet] The
interior to a small extent has been hollowed
by excavation and has been crossed by a
wall cutting off about 3/8 towards the North
West. The entrance has probably been from
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