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easy gradient. The fort is oval
in form lying with its longest axis N. [North] and S. [South]
and measures over all some 225 ft. [feet] by 175 ft. [feet].
It has been surrounded by a massive rampart
Now greatly reduced probably much spread
Measuring some 40 to 45 ft. [feet] in width on the
S. [South] and E. [East]. At the N. [North] end the mound covers
an area 52 ft. [feet] in breadth on the top of which
is a slight depression. But whether this is a
raised platform within the outer rampart or
a double rampart levelled down it is
not possible to tell without excavation. It
is unlikely however that the defences would
be duplicated towards the lower side of the
fort and not on the higher. The entrance
has been on the E. [East] side considerably to the
N. [North] of the centre. The extension of the mound
at the N. [North] end has reduced the interior
to somewhat of a shield form measuring
132 ft. [feet] from N. [North] to S. [South] by 93 ft. [feet] from E. [East] to W. [West].
An old road with locally, a Roman atribu:
:tion is said to pass near the entrance of
this fort and appears to have found a
place on the 25” O.S. [Ordnance Survey] Map. The fort itself
shows no features the least suggestive of
Roman Castrametation but I had to cut

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