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SW. [South West]. Both these mounds are probably partly
natural and are fragmentary. That on the
SW. extends for a distance of about 120’; its con:
:tour is rounded and artificial looking but
it runs straight and does not follow the
curve of the hillock.

Nethirthird
Within a wood which stretches along the
slope of the hillside for a 1/4 m. [mile] to the S. [South] of
Nethirthird and near its S. [South] end is situated
a small fortified site From a green grassy
hollow lying parallel with the highway
there rises a steep bank forming one
side of a narrow flat-topped ridge which
is bounded by a slighter hollow some 12’
below its summit on the E. [East]. But cutting
two segmental trenches across this ridge there
has been enclosed an irregular circular
area measuring 117’ along the
direction of the ridge by 99’ across it.
On the N. [North] side the trench is partially cut
through rock and 25’ in width by 7’.6” or
thereby in depth. On the S. [South] in which direction
the ground slopes, it is much shallower. The
trench on the N. [North] has not carried out to
the face of the bank on the E. [East] but a solid
area some 12’ broad has been left unexcavated

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