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of the ditch and the top of the bank averages nearly 3 feet, but 

 although the circle upon the whole is well preserved, the variations 

 in these respects are considerable. The width of the bank at the 

 base is about 7 feet, that of the ditch at top about 4, but the latter 

 has probably been filled up in course of time to some extent. At 

 the southern extremity of the circle is an opening, evidently designed 

 as an entrance. On both sides of this the bank is turned abruptly 

 outwards and continued some way together with the ditch, both 

 becoming gradually effaced, at the same time these banks diverge, 

 forming a very graceful approach. On the western side the bank can 

 be followed about 35 feet, on the eastern side twice as far. The 

 width of the approach between the banks in the spot where both are 

 distinctly visible, is about 17 feet, but the actual entrance into the 

 circle is only 7 feet wide, from the base of the bank on one side to 

 the base of the bank on the other. At the northern extremity of 

 the circle, rather to the east, there is another opening, giving access 

 to a quadrangular enclosure beyond. The width of the opening is 

 the same as that of the entrance just described— about 7 feet — but 

 there is this difference, that the bank here ends abruptly on both 

 sides of the opening, without being continued out from the circle; 

 the enclosure is about 318 feet long, by nearly 20 feet wide, inside 

 the bases of the banks. The banks forming the long sides are joined 

 on to the circle, and they have shallow ditches outside, continuations 

 of that of the circle ; the western bank is very irregular and in 

 places effaced, but the eastern is in better preservation. The north 

 end of the enclosure is formed by a rather stronger bank with a 

 ditch on the north side, and with an opening in the middle of the 

 same width as the previous one. Through this opening a second 

 enclosure is reached, very much like the first and of about the same 

 width but only half the length — about 153 feet. The banks and 

 ditches surrounding it are, like those of the preceding enclosure, of 

 somewhat slighter dimensions than those of the circle, excepting 

 the terminal bank of the whole, which is as high as any portion of 

 the circle. The lateral banks of the second enclosure are not direct 

 continuations of those of the first, but separated from them by the 

 terminal ditch of the first enclosure. The end bank of the second 



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