Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . loo o JOO zoo Fig. Fort, Dabshood (No. 215). (fig. 104) elliptical on plan, measuring interiorly some 600 feet by435 feet, surrounded by two concentric ramparts with a ditch in frontof each. Towards the north-west, in which direction lies the best pre-served segment, the defences measure 65 feet across from the crest ofthe inner rampart to the crest of the counterscarp of the outer ditch. 8 114 HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION. Parish of Lauder. The innermost ditch is 20 feet wide and 6 fee
Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . loo o JOO zoo Fig. Fort, Dabshood (No. 215). (fig. 104) elliptical on plan, measuring interiorly some 600 feet by435 feet, surrounded by two concentric ramparts with a ditch in frontof each. Towards the north-west, in which direction lies the best pre-served segment, the defences measure 65 feet across from the crest ofthe inner rampart to the crest of the counterscarp of the outer ditch. 8 114 HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION. Parish of Lauder. The innermost ditch is 20 feet wide and 6 feet deep; the middlerampart 15 feet broad across the top, having a hollow or grooverunning along the centre 2 feet deep; while the outermost ditch is22 feet wide and 8 feet deep below the crest of the rampart and 3feet below the top of the counterscarp. The elevation of the innerrampart is trifling. On the centre of the north-east and south-westsides the defences have been obliterated by ploughing. See Antiquaries, xxix. p. 134 (sees.). , Ber, xiv. SW. Visited 13th August 190
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