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second trench which covers the spur is an
outer trench cut out of ground sloping
to seaward. These trenches appear to be
artificially formed but the area of the enceinte
is singularly small for a prehistoric fort.

Fort. Burrow Head.
On the W. [West] side of the highest part of Burrow Head
about 1/2 m. [mile] SSE. [South South East] of Cutcloy farm is a
remarkable promontory fort. The site is a
small grass covered promontory running
out to a sharp point with steep cliffs on the
flanks rising from narrow inlets in the rocks.
From the NW. [North West] the ground rises from a slight
hollow to the top of the promontory and runs
out to landward at the higher level to the NW [North West] in a
narrow flat topped ridge for some 60 to 70 yds. [yards].
To the E. [East] the site is cut off from the higher and
adjacent part of the headland by a natural
depression which runs out on the face of
the cliff and has probably been deepened.
Commencing at the edge of the cliff in the
hollow on the W [West] is an outer trench some
30' in width & 14' in depth below the crest
of the scarp, which is surmounted by a mound,
carried right across the front
of the promontory through the higher ridge
where it diminishes in width & depth to

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