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and diminishing slightly towards the latter extremity.
From the South the interior rises gradually to
the highest point with an elevation of some 20 ft. [feet]
and towards the North it presents a somewhat
rocky escarpment. It is surrounded except
on the North where the foreground is more
broken than on the rest of the periphery by
two concentric walls, now greatly delapidated
& anything from 90 to 100 ft. [feet] apart. The inner wall
only is continued round the North.
A narrow gap through the walls, from
the South East probably marks the position
of an entrance. The present appearance
of both walls is that of a low structureless
mass of rather small broken stones, among
which may be seen numerous pieces of calcined
stone, and less frequently more occasionally, specimens
of vitrification. At one spot in the outer
wall a large mass of vitrified stone is
visible apprently at the base of the wall,
firmly embedded, and protruding through
the surface debris. It is impossible
to estimate the extent of vitrification in
these walls without spadework but it
is noteworthy not only that it is to be found
on the ruins of both walls but also that it is in walls

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