A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE 
out, and in recent years the mound itself has here been dug away in 
order to level the ground. This spoliation has now been stopped. During 
its progress many skeletons were found in the side of the mound, but no 
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much of the site, with the result that no courts connected with the 
mound can now be traced. The outer enciente however, well defined 
by bank and ditch, remains almost entire, and encloses a very large area, 
within which stands practically the whole of the old village. At the 
north-east angle there are certain strongly marked projecting lines, which 
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