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_ earthworks in the north-western arc (Figure 3). A 
- previous, limited, evaluation (Wessex Archaeology 
1986) had indicated extensive disturbance. 
_ Geophysical survey of the interior of the enclosure 
adjacent to the track suggested the presence of a few 
_ small features, possibly pits. 
The track make-up lay directly on top of the 
| eroded/truncated chalk bedrock and a 2m wide 
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strip was removed by machine. Within the interior 
of the enclosure this strip was 120m _ long 
comprising 1% of the total enclosed area. It revealed 
nine discrete features or feature groups within the 
enclosure and sectioned the circumferential ditch 
on the south-eastern arc. 
The ditch was not present within the stripped 
area on the north-western arc of the enclosure. It 
