Editing Portpatrick (section)

=== Cairn Pat (Cairnpot) Hill Fort or settlement ===
A large fort or walled settlement enclosed an area of {{convert|1.2|ha}}, about {{convert|137|x|125|m}}, within two walls, covered on the west by two ramparts set about {{convert|5.5|m}} and {{convert|9.5|m}} apart, with external ditches.  A third rampart {{convert|2.1|m}} thick by {{convert|0.3|m}} high was on the southern approach, outside of which was a low bank about {{convert|1.5|m}} wide. On the west-north-west arc of the second wall there was an entrance gap about {{convert|1.2|m}} wide.  On the north a {{convert|2.1|m|adj=on}} road passed diagonally through the defences from the north-west. From the south-east a natural hollow ran out from the fort, flanked on the west by a face of outcropping rock.  At the head of it on the west side within the inner rampart were foundations of a small circular structure measuring internally about {{convert|2.1|m}} and overall {{convert|3.7|m}}.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092901606#page/n115/mode/2up Archaeological and Historical Collections relating to Ayrshire and Galloway. vol.V. pp.62-73]</ref>