86 On Edin's Hall, by John Turnbull. 



by a circular recess measuring 30 feet along- the line of tlie pas- 

 sage by 8 feet deep, thereby making the widest part of the pas- 

 sage here about 23 feet. This arc is prolonged at its western 

 end so as again to narrow the passage to 6 feet, of which breadth 

 it continues for 15 feet in the same north-westerly direction, 

 where it terminates in a wall running north and south or nearly 

 at right angles to it. At the inside or west of the first men- 

 tioned gateway there is no trace of a wall on the south side of 

 the passage for a space of 20 or 30 feet ; but a wall reappears 

 there and runs and forms the south side of a passage, of which the 

 wall already described forms the north side. The cross wall at 

 which this passage terminates runs from the enclosing rampart 

 on the north to the largest of the subsidiary buildings to be 

 afterwards described on the south. The foundations of the wall 

 along the whole south side of the outer passage are perfect ; the 

 stones being large; from 18 inches to 2 feet each way. The 

 wall itself, composed of earth and stones, is 6 feet thick ; and is 

 from 3 to 4 feet high on the side next the passage ; but only 

 about 2 feet high on the south face in consequence of the rise of 

 the ground. The outer corner of this wall is formed by a large 

 stone with a square angle which stands 2^ feet above the 

 ground ; the exposed faces of it being respectively 2|- feet and 

 1ft. 9in. broad. The face of the wall on the north side of the 

 outer passage is much obliterated for 30 feet at the east end, but 

 the foundations of the remainder of it are perfect, the stones 

 being of much the same size as those on the other side of the 

 passage. The north face of this wall is not distinct, possibly it 

 had no face of masonry at all, so that its thickness cannot be 

 ascertained. The whole of the passage, as well as the circular 

 recess near the west end of it is paved with flat irregularly 

 shaped stones. At one or two places, however, the natural rock 

 crops up and forms the roadway. The rampart running south 

 from the entrance of this passage shows foundations for about 6 

 feet from the entrance on its outer face, and for about 60 feet on 

 the inner face. 



There is another entrance to the camp or enclosure on the 

 south west which appears to have been an original one ; but it 

 consists simply of cuts or openings through the two ramparts. 

 These openings are in a line with each other, but inside they are 

 confronted by a high traverse, which falling in height on either 



