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the interior plateau. Towards the E [East] there is
a slight hollow in the scarp
of the outer ditch and extending southward from
it a rampart surmounts the counter scarp.
On the S. [South] a modern ditch has been cut to drain
away the water from the outer ditch.
(The architects have planned this construction.)

Mote Moatland. (No.7)
At the edge of the low lying ground which marks
the bottom of the Cairn valley on the N. [North] side
are a series of undulating hillocks gradually
rolling back on the higher ground to the
Northwards. Situated about [--] yds. [yards] S by E. [South by East]
of Moatland, now incorporated in the farm of
Birkshaw, is one of these hillocks rising to
a somewhat prominent head at one end
with a lower shoulder to the Southward.
The adjacent land on the E [East] has been low and
wet while on the W. [West] it has stretched away
with a gradual declination from the level
of the shoulder. This hillock has been
converted into a mote hill by the excavation
of a trench around three sides - the E. [East] flank
alone being left untrenched, the soft nature
of the ground in this direction having probably
afforded sufficient protection. The scarp
of the trench on the N. [North] is about 10' high

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