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work, intended, perhaps, to strengthen the fortress, on this, the 

 most assailable side. The inner gateway, facing nearly east, is 

 not in a line with the outer: arranged, no doubt, in a way to 

 give the defenders advantage over any enemy who might have 

 gained the outer intrenchments, and who would, here again, 

 have been forced to approach the gate by a side movement, 

 flanked as before, by the ramparts of the inner fortification.. 

 Within the inner rampart, the space appears to be what Hutchins 

 mentions, about five acres. But the shape of it is far from being 

 that of an oblong square. At the distance of twenty five yards 

 from the eastern entrance, it measures from north to south one 

 hundred and twenty yards, whilst at a similar distance from the 

 western side, it measures little more than half only, sixty-six 

 yards. In the centre, the breadth is ninety-three yards. The 

 ground appears to have been naturally, like the ridge of the hilJ, 

 sloping from the centre each way, north and south. The south- 

 em slope plainly shows indications of a gradual wasting of the 

 groimd towards the sea. The chalk in the face of the cliff is of a 

 loose, rubbly nature, which has, connected with the height, no 

 doubt led to this waste. Large cracks appear in the siuface of 

 the ground, through which the chalk shows itself. All these 

 exhibit an inclination, or depression towards the cliff, some of 

 greater, others of less extent. From all which it may be cer- 

 tainly concluded, that the area formerly enclosed, must have 

 been no doubt, far more extensive than it is at present. 



The rampart here rises an average height of about seven feet 

 above the level of the ground inside, and was formed no doubt, 

 for protection to the defenders from the arrows of those, who 

 might have made themselves masters of the outer works. The 

 soil for this embankment has been apparently taken from the in- 

 side: the whole of the earth dug to form the trench, having been 

 apparently used for the formation of the outer rampart The 

 entrance through the inner rampart on the north-west, appears 

 to have been an inconsiderable one ; less so, it is worthy of re- 

 mark, than that through the outer one. Tliis latter is more than 

 filly yards further to the north, probably so arranged, as in the 

 entrance on the other side, for the sake of giving the defenders 

 an advantage over any assailants who may have gained the outer 

 intrenchment. It may be observed also, that this outer entrance 

 passes diagonally through the rampart. On the west side, like 



