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Farm. Its summit at the N. [North] end
rises but little above a long irregular plateau
which lies to the S [South] of it. Around the whole
area comprised by these two main features
are the ruins of a massive dry-built wall of
circumvallation curving for the most part
along the edge of the steeper ground but
occasionally seeming to avoid a defensible
rock ridge to contain a hollow at its base.
The length of this enclosure (O.S. Measurement [Ordnance Survey])
is [--] and its greatest breadth [--].
Through the centre from N. to S. [North to South] runs a broad
well defined hollow with rocky ground
to E. and W. [East and West] of it. The ruins of the wall vary considerably
in extent but have an average width of
from 12' to 15'. Towards the S. [South] end, where
the surface is less rocky, the wall almost dis:
:appears suggesting at this point a turf
superstructure and along the rocky N. [North]
end it has also been slighter. At the S. [South] end
of the higher summit there is a wall traceable from
the W. [West] side crossing the interior
into the central hollow, where it disappears,
often consisting of single slabs set on edge.
Along the E. [East] side at several points low
ridges of rock running towards the wall

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