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to nie a more decided crux than either of the other two. 

 This consists of a very strong and large enibankment, 

 without any trench, either external or internal, with the 

 exception, on one side, of an excavation, from which earth 

 has evidently been dug for the purpose of constructing the 

 mound. It runs in a direction from North North West to 

 South South East, and isolates the end of the hill on 

 which it is situated, from the level ground extending 

 towards the East. The space thus cut off is considerable, 

 (I should suppose 50 or 60 acres), and is bounded on the 

 North West by a narrow Valley, and on the South by a 

 broader expanse of low land, and on the West by a very 

 narrow gully. The mound itself is 345 yards long, and at 

 the Southern extremity nearly 30 feet high. At about 

 60 yards from this end there is an abrupt depression of 

 about 10 feet. The height of the mound above the en- 

 trance, which is nearly in the centre, is about 20 feet; 

 this entrance is about 5 yards broad, and is approached 

 from the East by a platform across the excavation before 

 mentioned. I can find no vestiges of fortification on any 

 side of the enclosed area, nor any appearance of ancient 

 work within it. At the end of the hill the valley divides 

 into three narrow gullies, and, on the high ground be- 

 tween those which run to the South West and West, is a 

 large enclosure of ancient wall-work, which seems to have 

 been approached by a road leading from the South West- 

 ern gully. On the height, to the North, is a small work, 

 apparently military, so placed as to command the opening 

 of these three narrow gorges. On the mound itself, about 

 25 yards to the South of the entrance, is a circular depres- 

 sion, which is not unlike that of a hut circle ; and to the 

 North of the entrance is a small barrow, apparently formed 

 from the soil of the mound itself. Altogether it is a very 



