Excavations at Bikrenswark. 55 



The Fort at the ivest base of the hill (C, Plate III.) is peculiar in 

 regard to shape and some other circumstances. The plan, which 

 is inaccurately represented by Roy, and imperfectly at least on 

 the Ordnance Map, is triangular, the base being at the south and 

 rectilinear, but with a knee towards the west end, while the sides 

 are unequal and show an outward curve. The enclosing defences 

 consist of double ramparts and an intervening ditch (Plate VII. 

 figs. 12 and 13), identical in type with those of the redoubt of 

 the south camp and the north side of the noi'th camp, and 

 corresponding also in structure with the former. The interior 

 area is hollowed out so that the floor in the centre is lower than 

 the ground outside, and at the rear of the rampart it is paved or 

 laid with stones, the work being carried some way up the rampart. 

 An opening through the ramparts, towards the east, shown on 

 Roy's plan as an entrance, was examined, but the result was 

 inconclusive. 



At the west corner there is a narrow opening in the inner 

 rampart, giving access from the interior of the fort to the ditch ; 

 and by pa.ssing through and following the ditch a few feet south- 

 wards, au opening is reached on the right hand which leads into 

 a narrow passage running westwards a distance of 20 yards. It 

 is 4 feet wide, and the outer ramparts of the camp are carried 

 along it, one on either side. The floor is laid with stones, one of 

 which showed a small cut-out water channel. This seems to have 

 been the entrance. 



The finds recovered here — a broken quern and apiece of bracelet 

 of opaque glass — were of the same character as those found in the 

 other camps. 



The Enclosure at the east base of the hill{D, Plate III.) is divided 

 into two compartments, and there is an entrance from the south. 

 The shape is not correctly represented either on Roy's plan or the 

 Ordnance map. The enclosing and dividing mound, composed of 

 a mixture of earth and rock debris dug out of the interior, which, 

 as regards the west divLsion, is hollowed out, measures 12 feet 

 across and 2 feet in height. There is no ditch. The west part 

 exhibits no artificial flooring, but the east division, which is on a 

 higher level, is floored with flat stones of irregular shape, well 

 fitted together. The back of this enclosure rests on a natural 

 bank. 



