The hill itself was well selected for such a work. It is admirably calculated for a defensive position. I know of no hill in that section of country, that could have been so easily fortified; or rendered so difficult of attack. It stands almost alone. A small stream winds around it in the rear, and forms a broad valley between it and the neighbouring hills, except in one place, where a narrow neck of land running up the river connects it with the other high land; but this neck is 50 or 60 feet lower than the summit of the hill, and extends so far as to place the nearest highlands at a considerable distance from the fortification. . . .

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In fortifying this hill, the two assailable points, the narrow ridge from the plain, and the narrow neck of land that connects this hill to the highlands, have been more strongly guarded. There appears to have been a gateway at each of these places; and on each side of those gates, there are large mounds of earth and stone, all fallen in confusion together, so as to leave but a faint idea of the original plan. . . .