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panorama. On the N. [North] and from the W. [West] it rises
abruptly for some 30 ft. [feet] to 40 ft. [feet] while from the
S. [South] and still more so from the E [East] the gradient
from the surrounding level is easy. The
enceinte is oval in form with its longest axis
N. [North] and S. [South] and measures some 455 ft. [feet] by 260 ft. [feet]
It has been surrounded by a rampart of com:
:pacted clay immixt with stones rising now
at no point more than 2 feet above the level
of the interior. This has been supplemented
by a trench around the S. [South] extremity and along
the Eastern flank (now barely traceable for a
short distance towards the N E. [North East]) with a width
from crest to crest of about 25' and lying
some 8 ft [feet] down from the crest of the
mound. From the N. [North] by the W. [West] to the S. [South] end
the rampart follow the line of the summit
but along the E. [East] and more assailable sides it is
carried along the flank some 8' to 10'
below the highest level of the interior with
a slight parallel depression in rear of it. Into
this lower level the entrance opens on
the E. [East] some 10 ft. [feet] wide crossing the
trench and passing through the rampart
and from it a track is observeable leading
up to the higher level. (note) This

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