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this entrance was doubtless used when the summit of the
mote was under cultivation its features have in
all probability been considerably modified.
The entrance from the NW. [North West] is undoubtedly original
and the roadway is carried over the trench
on solid ground.
At several places there is evidence of stone-
-work in the slopes of the citadel &
ramparts, but the thick turf obscures all details.
Some damage is being done to the mote
by sheep & cattle breaking the banks and
also by the digging out of rabbits.

Urr Par. [Parish]
Waterside Fort.
Somewhat less than 1/4 m. [mile] SSE. [South South East] of the village
of Urr is a small fort of the promontory
class formed on an elevated angle one
side of which slopes steeply to a meadow and
the other to a haugh by the river Urr some
'60 below. Its defences curving from bank to
bank have consisted of an outer trench
and two ramparts with a second trench
between them. Towards the ? N. [North] there
expands in rear of the outer rampart
to a width of 28' or thereby a level area
or platform. The defences
terminate a few feet distant from the edge of the
slope on the N. [North] and past their termination there

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