Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . ampart on the edge of a scarp which descends toa level terrace cut on the bank 6 or 8 feet below, and on the west-north-west and south by three parallel ramparts with two interveningtrenches. The interior is sub-oval in form, measuring from east towest ? 260 feet, and from north to south ? 220 feet within defencesmeasuring at the west side, from crest to crest of rampart, 106 bottom of the inner ditch is 10 feet below the crest of the innerrampart and 12 feet below that of the middle rampart, while th
Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . ampart on the edge of a scarp which descends toa level terrace cut on the bank 6 or 8 feet below, and on the west-north-west and south by three parallel ramparts with two interveningtrenches. The interior is sub-oval in form, measuring from east towest ? 260 feet, and from north to south ? 220 feet within defencesmeasuring at the west side, from crest to crest of rampart, 106 bottom of the inner ditch is 10 feet below the crest of the innerrampart and 12 feet below that of the middle rampart, while theouter ditch is 12 feet below the middle and 9 feet below the outerrampart, which latter is about 5 feet high to the outside; the middle 10 HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION. Parish of Bunkle and Preston. rampart is thus of slightly higher elevation than that around theinterior. There appear to have been two entrances, one towards thenorth end of the terrace on the east, and the other at the west sideof the fort. To the south of this entrance the top of the inner rampart.
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