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width at the level of the top of the counterscarp
and some 7 ft. [feet] in depth while on the lower side
where a mound contains the it on the outside
it has a width of about 10 ft. [feet] and a depth of
3 ft. [feet]. The summit is very uneven and the
surface has been considerably disturbed but
it appears to have been circular & to have had a diameter of some 24 ft. [feet].
The cincture of the trench is complete but from
it on the N E. [North East] a branch extends outwards for
some 28 ft. [feet] in a North Easterly direction thereafter
making a return for some 52 ft. [feet] towards the
S W. [South West]. The ear shaped area thus enclosed
has a mound above this trench and except at its Northern end another
along the side of the trench that encircles the mote leaving
between them a slight depression which seems
to have been an approach to the base of the
hillock whence the means of access rose to
the summit. The area is too small
to have formed a base point.

Applegarth Mid Hill
In the hollow which lies between the Mid Hil
and Two Tree Hill are a number of bughts
and other ancient enclosures. One of the
latter is a circular bowl shaped enclosure
hollowed out to a depth of about 4 ft. [feet] & surrounded
by a slight bank. A number of the turf

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