Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . kthe glen of the burn likewise provides a strong natural defence. Acrossthe neck of the promontory facing the higher ground on the north-west there rises a rampart with a height of some 4 to 5 feet, piercedby an entrance near the centre, and to the south of that covered bya trench, 10 to 12 feet deep, which, beyond the termination of therampart, is continued down the bank at a little distance from the 86 feet south of the rampart occurs a second line of defence,a trench some 36 feet wide from crest t
Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . kthe glen of the burn likewise provides a strong natural defence. Acrossthe neck of the promontory facing the higher ground on the north-west there rises a rampart with a height of some 4 to 5 feet, piercedby an entrance near the centre, and to the south of that covered bya trench, 10 to 12 feet deep, which, beyond the termination of therampart, is continued down the bank at a little distance from the 86 feet south of the rampart occurs a second line of defence,a trench some 36 feet wide from crest to crest, with a mound in rearof it some 6 feet in height which curves slightly towards the steepflanks at either end. Within the fort are the remains of a numberof rectangular foundations in two contiguous rows, and of otherbuildings, all probably connected with some late secondary occupation. See Antiquaries, xxix. p. 156 (plan); Ber. Nat. Club, 1882-84,p. 24. , Ber., ix. SW. Visited 8th October 1908. 9 130 historical monuments (scotland) commission Parish of 100 o 10O 200 Fig. 122.— Promontory Fort, Wrinklaw (No. 248). Sepulchral Construction. 249. Mutiny Stones, Mittenfid of Stones Meeting Stones.—Situated on the Byrecleugh Kidge, a heathery moor about £ milenorth of Byrecleugh shooting-lodge and 4J miles west of Longformacus,1250 feet above sea-level, is a long cairn formed of the angular stonesof the district. Lying with its longest axis east and west, it measures278 feet in extreme length, 26 feet in breadth at the west end,suddenly expanding at 278 feet eastward and showing a frontage of76 feet at its eastern extremity. It is only 3 feet high at the westend, but gradually rises till, at the centre of the east end, it has an inventory of monuments, etc., in county of berwick. 131 Parish of Longformacus. elevation of 11 \ feet. A large sheep-fold has been built out of italong the south side, and otherwise it has suffered much fromdilapidation. At
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