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On the N. [North] the hillock does not slope directly
to its base from the parapet of the lower terrace
but presents a narrow bench crowned
at its edge with a rampart from which there
is a scarp some 5 to 6 ft. [feet] in height to the
lowest level. To the Eastward this bench gradually
merges with the narrow terrace above it and
to Westward it slopes away to a lower level
leaving the rampart extending onwards in
that direction and containing within it an
area too low lying to have formed a base court.
Two terraces encircle it, the upper one on the
West side at some 10 ft. [feet] below the summit level
dipping on the longer Western slope to 20 ft. [feet]
and the lower one varying from 8 ft. [feet] to 10 ft. [feet]
further down. On the East side and round by the
North both terraces show a parapet and
on the S. [South] the lower takes a trench like aspect
with a bold rampart cutting it off from the
ground beyond on which the later
Castle has stood. From the level of the lower
terrace on the N. [North] there is a steep scarp some
7 ft. [feet] in height to a meadow below and crowning
this, parapet with the mound on the edge of
the terrace, there is a rampart which is
carried Westward beyond the mote round
the low hollow which in former times may
possibly have contained water. at the N E. [North East]
the inner mound terminates and the
terrace broadens to a platform along which the outer mound has been continued. Towards
the S E. [South East] the upper terrace forms a salient
angle and directly below it there is a gap
which has probably been anentrance, through
the outer mound some 7 ft. [feet] in width towards
which what may have been a roadway between two parallel
mounds may be seen approaching directly
to it on the opposite side of the present road.
[Continued on page 160]
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