a m a rk e d b a n k o n e ith e r s id e . T h e c a s tle is s h o w n in C a s tle h ill P la n ta tio n o n th e A inslie plan o f th e estate m ade in 1 7 9 6 and is referred to in th e first S tatistical A c c o u n t a s "an e n c a m p m e n t a t th e s id e o f th e H a rk e n b u rn w ith in th e w o o d s o f P e n ic u ik " .Asection of the A inslie plan is show n in Fig. 6.1.

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g re a te r d e p th th a n th a t s h o w n in th e a re a s u rv e y . O n th e b a sis o f th e in fo rm a tio n fro m the tw o surveys it w as decided to open tw o trenches, one alongside each of the array lin e s . D u e t o th e lim ite d tim e f o r d ig g in g o n ly th e firs t o f th e s e w a s o p e n e d .

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