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levelling the summit and steeply scarping the
sides towards the ENE. [East North East] where a second trench
across from side to side forms the termination
of the base court in that direction 45' distant
from the actual end of the hillock.
[Inserted note 1] On the E. [East] the Jarbruck burn flows by near
the base and all around in former times the
ground was no doubt, marshy. The Mote
sloped at an angle of 40° from the horizontal
except towards the foot where the slope is easier rises
to a height of 36' from the ground level. It is cir:
:cular in form with a flat plat on the summit
measuring some 31' in diameter, and has been
cut off from the base court by a trench, some
25' in width, 12' in depth from the summit,
5' below the highest point of the counterscarp, which
curves around it opening on the natural scarp
of the hillock at either side. There is no indica:
:tion of a parapet mound on the summit.
The base court stretches to the Eastward for
a distance of about 213' from the edge of the
trench with a width of about 95' at the WSW. [West South West]
end and of 36' at the opposite extremity. The
ditch which terminates it cut athwart the
hillock is V shaped 36' wide, and 11' in
depth below the scarp and 6' below the
counterscarp. The height of the summit of
the base court is some 30' above ground
level and its sides are sloped at an angle
of about 38°. From the base court to the

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