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however, sufficiently exact for the purpose, and have, after 

 ascertaining the widths of the ditches and ramparts as nearly as 

 jjossible, been adopted for the skeleton lines on Avhich to construct 

 the plan. 



On the west bank, as a base, the Camp projects eastwards in 

 the form of the letter D with the loop flattened ; and within 

 this, on the same base, is the central fort, forming a smaller but 

 similar loop. The margin of the Camp not covered by the fort 

 is of equal breadth on three sides — the nortii, south, and east ; 

 and the north-east and south-east corners of both lines of defence 

 I are rounded off, so as the ramparts and ditches in each case 

 [follow one another in concentric curves. 



The four gates are opposite one another, and the street, which 

 extends in a straight line from north to south, passing through 

 them, would, supposing there was a west rampart as conjectured, 

 [divide the fort equally in two. 



The following are the principal dimensions : — Including the 

 jfamparts and ditches the length of the Camp measures 605 feet 

 *t the east side, and 625 at the west; the average is 615 feet. 

 The width cannot be ascertained very closely, but approximately 

 it would measure about 400 feet. The Camp, including the 

 fortifications, extends to over 51 acres, and the interior area, 

 including the fort, contains rather less than 4 acres. The 

 interior of the fort itself measures 220 feet by about 185, and 

 contains an acre nearly. 



The relics found in the excavations are comparatively few, but 

 in judging of their importance in this respect regard must be had 

 to the limited extent of the operations as well as to the probable 

 disappearance of nearly everything of the kind, consequent on 

 the cultivation of the soil. They are chiefly fragments of 

 pottery. The ware is of the same character as that got at 

 Birrens, and Dr Anderson, to whom specimens were submitted, 

 considers it to be of Romano-British type. It consists of a 

 number of pieces of thick, coarse yellowish ware, the fragments 

 of vessels of large size, one being part of the handle of such a 

 vessel ; a great many small fragments of a finer and thinner ware 

 of light yellow colour and light weight ; and a few pieces of fine, 

 thin bluish-grey ware, parts of a vessel with a turned over and 

 moulded brim of good design. More expressive than these larger 

 fragments is a handful shivers, an inch in size and under, picked 

 out of the soil. They are suggestive of how much must have 



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