UPHALL, NEAR BARKING, ESSEX. 137
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The course of the rampart line on the south side, and continua-
tion on the west up to the mound, had already disappeared before
the time of Morant; but there can be little doubt of the track, as
there is a trend of the land along the south side,4 varying from 3 to
51/2 feet, which is shown on the plan I have drawn, a reduced copy
of which illustrates this account. Near Lowbrook Cottage the
ground slopes gently southward towards the railway and marsh.
The land at Uphall is naturally so much higher than on the other
4 This now forms the boundary line of the parishes of Barking and Great Ilford, which were
divided by Act of Parliament on September 29th, 1888, the boundary stones (which were put up
in March, 1890) on the east side being close by the lane a little south of Loxford Cottage, and on
the west side near the river, about three chains north of the railway, I omitted to mark these
boundaries on the plan.