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scarped all round at a slope of about 21° [the 21° is circled and written above is: ? 32]. The
surface of the summit is somewhat irregular
towards the SE [South East] it rising to a slight mound,
while the
edge does not follow the contour of a true circular
figure. From N [North] to S. [South] I make it meas [measures] 112' and
from E [East] to W [West] 102'. At its base it has been
encircled by a ditch, broadest on the side
away from the river where it measures some
23' in width and diminishing as it curves
towards the river bank where its width is
reduced to 10'. Along the S. [South] it has been interfered
with in the formation of a road and on
the ESE. [East South East] it appears to have been filled
in for a distance of 45'. If as Mr. Coles
suggests it has never been dugout at this
point one would expect to see an indication
of some approach leading towards the summit
from it.
At the upper end of the village I was
interested to see a relic greatly reverenced
by the natives a so-called stone chair
"Consecrated to the apostle St. John " It stood
in a cottage garden beneath a tree and

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