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though cut and carved for lawns and
pathways there are still massive artificial
mounds evidently the remains of the mote
and its basecourt. The mote itself has probably
stood on the highest point, which lies in rear
of the house and adjoining the Academy and
has been almost entirely removed, the site being
occupied by a croquet lawn. On the NW. [North West]
of this lawn is a broad flat topped ridge
of soil which seems to be a small segment
of the original construction, while above the
street on the E [East] or SE. [South East] the scarp of the mote
appears to be recognisable. If this is the
case the mote has been a very large one and
rather square in form. To the northward of
the house a massive, rampart-like mound
runs parallel to the street
rising some 25' above it and 6' or 7' above the
level of the lawn on its inner side, and gradu:
:ally diminishing till it disappears behind the
lodge. Some 50' from its termination another
mound, less massive and sharper at the
apex as if more recently fashioned diverges
from it and curves round towards the
NW. [North West] These mounds seem to have been
connected with the base court but
without some knowledge of the transformation

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