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in breadth and to a height of 6ft. This may have been put to 
support the woodwork, and to render it difficult of approach. 
But as to the real nature of the woodwork, we have no certain 
evidence. It may even have been a drain. The trench last 
dealt with also shewed traces of a line of timber work parallel 
to the first (S.W. and N.E.) line, and at the same level. 
Most of the objects found, and specimens of the timber 
alluded to above, are preserved either at the Castle or in the 
Museum of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. A few of 
the human bones have been preserved in the latter building. 
The rest have been carefully re-interred under the direction of 
Mr. Talbot. 
The writers wish, in conclusion, to express their thanks to 
Mr. F. J. Munby, the Castellan, Mr. Basil Mott, the Engineer, 
and Mr. George Talbot, under whose supervision the work 
was carried out. All these gentlemen gave every facility for 
the investigation of the work during its progress, and to Mr. 
Mott we are further indebted for the plates that illustrate 
this paper. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATES VI. and VII. 
Plate VI.—Plan of the Keep and Mound surrounded by 
its retaining wall. Ground level plan marked in full 
lines ; plan of top in dotted lines. The over-hang of the 
front part of the Keep can thus be clearly traced. The 
concrete inserted during the recent operations is marked 
thus: —- 
C.—The place where timber was first discovered. 
E.—Gateway. 
T.—Indicates the quarter in which the trenches were 
sunk. 
Plate VII.—Shews a section of the Keep and Mound from 
side to side of the retaining wall along the line A. B. 
on Plate VI. The recently inserted concrete is stippled 
and marked AA. 
