128. antiquities in Scotland. May 30. 
an acre, which is entirely | level, excepting towards 
each end, where. it falls a little lower than in the 
middle. The fortification of vitrified wall, CC 
‘Is continued quite round this area ; being adapted te 
the form of the hill, so as to stand on the brink of a. 
precipiece all round, unlefs it be at the place where 
you enter, and at, the opposite end, B; both which. 
places have been defended by outworks. Those at. 
the entry had extended, as I guefsed, about an, hun- 
‘dred yards, and seem to have consisted of. crofs walls 
one behind another, eight or ten in number ; the. 
ruins of which are still plainly perceptible, Through : 
each of these walls there must have been a gate, so. 
that the besiegers would be. under the necefsity of 
forcing each of these gates succefsively before they . 
éould carry the fort ; on the opposite end of the hill, 
as the ground i is considerably steeper, the outworks . 
seem not to have extended above twenty yards, and _ 
consist only of two or three crofs walls. Not far 
from the further end was a well, marked D, now fil- 
led up, but still discoverable. 
To afsist you in forming an idea of this structure, 
I subjoin a plan of the hill with its fortification, as if - 
it were complete. This is drawn entirely from me- 
mory, and is not pretended to be exact in propor- 
tions ; but it has the general form, and is sufficient- 
ly exact for our purpose here. 
The wall all round, from the inside, appears to be 
only 2 mound of rubbifh, consisting of loose stones, 
now buried among some earth, and grafs that has 
been gradually accumulated by the dunging of fheep, 
