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and 3.5 feet (1.1 m) at its inner end. It has been conjectured that there may have been a two-story timber building built against the inner face of the fort. There is little structural evidence for this today. However, early accounts of the fort indicate that this may have been the case, and other forts show traces of what may have been internal stairways.
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Entry to the fort enclosure was across the causeway, then through a passageway with rooms on either side and with a doorway in the center. The entrance section is part of the main wall. This is similar to the blockhouse at
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and related structures could be explained by additional defenses of wood and thorn branches that have disappeared without leaving any trace. Another possibility is that the defenses were mainly symbolic, and perhaps played a part in warfare that was conducted according to formal rituals.
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1112:Benie Hoose
1005:Huxter Fort
1000:Benie Hoose
904:Setter Hill
839:Linga Sound
714:Settlements
359:Turner 1998
206:Dunbeg Fort
176:islands of
159:Huxter Fort
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86:Coordinates
74:Huxter Fort
37:, Scotland
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894:West Linga
849:East Linga
806:Vats-houll
761:North Park
726:Challister
666:4 February
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95:60°20′18″N
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751:Marrister
495:163609245
269:Citations
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149:Materials
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1161:Iron Age
1147:Vementry
971:Streams:
796:Tripwell
791:Treawick
771:Sandwick
766:Saltness
756:New Park
746:Isbister
736:Hamister
200:and the
178:Scotland
174:Shetland
163:Iron Age
144:Iron Age
1288:Whalsay
1228:Pictish
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707:Whalsay
434:Sources
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141:Built
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