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Along the edge of the bank to the S W. [South West] there appears
to have been no need for substantial defences, and
as already stated in the cultivated land on the N E. [North East]
whatever lines were there have disappeared: only at
the ends of the oval do they now remain, At
the N W. [North West] extremity these are very formidable
and consist of three ramparts with intervening
trenches. The inner rampart rises some 4 ft. [feet] above
the interior, has a breadth at base of some 40 ft. [feet] with
a scarp 12 ft. [feet] in elevation above the inner trench
which has a width from crest to crest of 40 ft. [feet]
& 4' at bottom.
The second rampart has a breadth from the
bottom of the trench on either side of 46 ft. [feet] & rises
7 ft. [feet] above the inner trench and 4' above the outer.
The second trench is 25 ft. [feet] wide at top 5' at bottom and 4' deep below
the crest of the outer mound which has a breadth
of 25 ft. [feet] at base and an elevation of about 2'
to the exterior. The ramparts converge towards
the edge of the bank. At the S [South] end the defences
are less well-defined. the parapet mound at
the end of the interior has a height of some
18'' to 2' on the inside, in front of it is a
trench some 27 ft. [feet] wide and about 5 ft. [feet] deep
beyond which rises a rampart some 25 ft. [feet]
wide at base and 4 ft. [feet] high to the outside.
In front of this there appears to be a trench

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