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the knoll rises gradually to its NW [North West] extremity. On
which the mote itself has been erected. With the
base court
lying at its base on the SE, [South East], the whole construction
occupies about 1/2 of the length of the hillock.
In form the mote is a simple truncated cone
composed, as far as it is possible to tell, of earth
and rising to a height of some 14 ft. [feet] above the
level of the base court, while a steep gradient
with a vertical height of 45 ft. [feet] reaches to the
base of the hillock on front & sides. On the
terminal slope some 20 ft. [feet] up from the base is
a slight terrace which is possibly artificial.
The plat of the mote has been circular with
a diameter of some 20 ft. [feet] with a shallow
bowl shaped hollow the wall of which has been
slightly broken down on the NW [North West]. The base
court is oblong on plan, measuring 66 ft. [feet]
in length by 57 ft. [feet] in breadth and is enclosed
by an earthen rampart, somewhat slight
on the sides but massive to the front, which
impinges directly on the side of the mote
hill uninterrupted by any intervening trench
The entrance to the court has been through
the centre of the SE [South East] front.
A trench 34 ft. [feet] in width, 12 ft. [feet] in depth below the

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