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ditch or rise at the rampart, has been surfaced with pavement of 

 heavy stones (Plate VI. fig. 6), of which about one-half x'emain 

 on the ground, but in a disturbed state. The oval traverse, 

 measuring about 50 feet in length and rising 9 feet above the 

 bottom of the ditch and 3 feet above the paved roadway, remains 

 apparently of the height it was originally. It is pitched all 

 round, like the front of the rampart of the camp, with flat stones; 

 and the well-formed V-shaped ditch fronting and flanking the 

 traverse, 7 feet in depth below the ground surface outside, is 

 also partially faced in the same way. 



The gateways at the west end and the south side of the camp 

 are of similar design, and the partial clearing of the earth from 

 the west one disclosed a roadway surfaced Avith pavement. 



The three gateways of the north side of the camp, as previ- 

 ously stated, diflfer from those just described in so far as the 

 protecting mounds are circular and of larger dimensions, being 

 so designed, it is presumed, in order .to adapt them to the 

 particular circumstances of the situation. 



With a view to investigate the centre one, the roadway and 

 half the traverse ditch were cleared, and a section was carried 

 from the south side half-way through the mound (Plate VI. fig. 

 7). The roadway, like those at the east and west, had been 

 surfaced with pavement, of which, however, only a fragment 

 remains. The traverse, or tower, which is built over a rough 

 pavement, exhibits nothing special in the disposition of the earth 

 composing it, but, like tlie oval traverses, it is .stone pitched all 

 round, and seems to be of the full original height. The ditch, 

 which dips 2 feet into the rock, is also partially stone-faced. 

 The mound rises 12 feet above the surface of the gateway, lOi 

 above the bottom of the traverse ditch, and about 2 above the 

 surface at the outside of the ditch. 



Of the two others, the east one was excavated, and discovered 

 to be similar to that just described, and the one on the west, so 

 far as appears, also corresponds. 



The Interior of the Camp, as disclosed by the excavations, 

 appears to have been Avidely surfaced with pavements. The 

 pieces, however, are in such a disturbed and imperfect state as 

 to preclude inference regarding their purpose or meaning. 

 Remains of stone-work exist also all along the margins of the 

 rivulet ; the circular basin near the south of the camp, through 

 which the water flows, is stone-faced in thin receding courses, 



