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diately to the south of the trench before mentioned, and is 
defended on the west by the main rampart of the fortifica- 
tion, which is here continued along: the very brink of the 
preeipice, and is divided from what I may be permitted to 
call the inner bailey, by a deep trench and agger, through 
which, from the north-east, ran the approach to one of the 
smaller entrances. This rampart has been much mutilated in 
modern days, the original narrow communication having 
been enlarged, and the bank and ditch levelled, for the sake 
ofconvenience. The way which passes through the ramparts 
at the north-western corner of the inner bailey, is also 
modern ; but one of the original gates, probably the main 
entrance to the place, may still be traced at the north- 
western corner of the smaller enclosure. This is one of the 
most remarkable features of the place, and shall be more 
particularly described hereafter. From this gate, the 
interior fortifications of the place, consisting of two very 
deep trenches, with aggers of corresponding magnitude, 
extend to a considerable distance towards the south-east, 
and then, turning with an easy curve towards the east, the 
external rampart of the two finishes near the modern 
approach to the cottage, from the south-east ; while the 
interior is continued quite up to the precipitous descent of 
the hill on the north-east. These ramparts enclose the 
cottage, with its garden and field, and constituted the great 
line of defence of the main body of theplace. Themodern 
road from the cottage, passing, as before mentioned, through 
the ramparts on the west, leads us a few yards along the 
very brink of the steep descent, and at a short distance 
from the rampart, ents through the north-western extremity 
of the external defence of the place. This, like the internal 
works, consists of a very deep ditch and lofty agger, and 
extends towards the south-east in a direction parallel to 
