124 Mr. Sharpe on the vitrified Fort of Dunnochgoil. 



ef and fg by vitrified walls. Between the outer chamber and 

 the inner one, abed, 

 there is a slight descent, 

 which may however for- 

 merly have been a ditch 

 of some depth. This 

 chamber was apparently 

 fortified by vitrified walls, 

 not only outwards on the 

 sides ab and be, but also 

 on • the side c d against 

 the outer chamber. 



The remains of the 

 wall are mostly little 

 more than foundations, 

 but for part of the way 

 between b and c it is 



more than a foot high. 



I found no traces of 

 art to prove that the 

 neighbouring height n 

 was any part of the fort, 

 though it is made pro- 

 bable by the absence of % 



all remains of wall on the side a dhg. The walls were pro- 

 bably only two or three feet thick, which, at least on three 

 sides, was all that was necessary where the situation made them 

 only accessible to missiles ; and if there were originally any 

 others besides those mentioned, they were probably not vitri- 

 fied, as no traces of them are now apparent : the ground be- 

 low is scattered with fragments of rock, some of which doubt- 

 less formed the walls. 



The heights were estimated by guess, and the distances by 

 pacing, and have no claims to exactness. 



a b perhaps 70 feet above the shore, nearly perpendicular. 

 b c ef ditto, not so perpendicular. 



> a rather steep ascent. 



ad and kg 40 nearly perpendicular. 

 Between d and h the side is kept perpendicular by build- 

 ing, without vitrifaction or apparent cement. Each chamber 

 is about 40 paces long, and 25 paces wide, the space between 

 the chambers 3 paces, the gradual ascent from a above 100 

 paces. 



The sides b ab and bfq are each about 100 yards from the 

 sea ; and near b are the traces of a landing-place on the beach, 



which 



