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lying with its main axis NNW [North North West] and SSE. [South South East] measuring
some 152 ft. [feet] in length by 62 ft. [feet] in breadth with
an elevation from 12 to 14ft. [feet] above the general
surrounding level except on the West where the
ground falls away in a steep gradient to the
base of the hills. The summit is oval in form
and has risen by an easy slope from the
Northward, while towards the South it terminates
in a wall of rock. The defence consists of a trench
some 35ft. [feet] in breadth and at most some 16ft. [feet] in
depth commencing at the brow of the steep
declivity on the West and carried thence round
the East side to terminate at the commence:
:ment of the wall of rock at the South end. The
spoil of the trench has been thrown up to form
a rampart above the counterscarp, while a
parapet mound crowns the scarp at the North
end. The trench has evidently in places
been laid out through rock and at its Southern
termination it has been slightly expanded and
at the date of the visit at this point it contained
a deep pool of water. The end of the trench
is covered by a return of the rampart to
the hillock. A well defined approach leads
to the summit past the end of the trench
entering into a slight hollow at the lowest

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