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the hill overlooks the interior from a slightly
superior elevation, there is a steep decline
of some 30 feet to gentler slopes: to the East
with a fall of some 12 to 15 feet the ground
slopes away in similar fashion, while
to the Southward the ridge stretches away for a
considerable distance. Around the interior
of the fort there has been a rampart of earth
and stone now reduced to a very low
elevation, while in front of it some 29 ft. [feet]
distant at the South end and similarly
placed, but on a slope, to the North is
an outer stony mound, possibly a wall,
covered by a trench now shallow
some 23 feet in breadth, in places cut
through rock. Along the steep flanks
these outer defences do not seem to have
been continued. The main entrance
has been from the East through
the rampart at a low level, and towards
the South West a gangway leads over
the trench to the actual summit some
30 yds [yards] distant. At the South end towards
the East side the interior has been hollowed
by excavation to a depth of about 5 feet
and at the edge of the hollow these formed

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