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 signs of masonry. A farmstead, some two and a half centuries old, occupies THURLEICH SCALE Or FEET N o ids 266 3oo A J L '"" "MIDI f ?>~y. 1 r '"'" l 'iKfUiisTwL. 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 288
