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the mounds and cuttings which affect the
ridge and its immediate vicinity and the extent
of that influence it is difficult to guage.
At the Eastern extremity the ridge, which rises
from a low lying meadow, has been cut
through to form a roadway from the direction
of the college to the haugh land to the S. [South].
About half way along its length a trench 22'
in width and some 4' in depth has been cut
across thus defining the W. [West] side of the mote.
At the level of this trench a low bank with a
slight hollow on the innerside is carried
round the N. [North] side at about [blank] ft. above the
base and passes from the E. [East] Southward
in the direction of the Cluden. while along
the S E. [South East] from the point of its divergence a
terrace is continued round the mote towards
the trench on the [blank] side. This terrace appears
to be the original construction and the mound
& hollow are probably the remains of a turf
enclosing bank of much later date. Above
this level the mote rises in three distinct
stages defined by narrow terraces some [blank] ft
in breadth to a height of [blank] culminating
in an oval summit measuring some 25' by 15'
and hollowed out to a depth of about 1'.

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