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heads, and horse shoes of ancient form have been found here. It should be men- 

 tioned also that just within the outer rampart (Fluck's Close) are several small 

 hollows that may mark out the position of the huts of the occupants, or with a 

 probability to say the least quite as strong, they may be the holes remaining from 

 uprooting the trees which formerly grew there. 



Was Wall hills ever a British town or station ? It is extremely probable that 

 it was so. The fact that from the highest part of the camp the Herefordshire 

 Beacon is within sight, suggests that it would form an excellent reserve to that truly 

 British fortification — an open signal by day, a beacon-fire by night, or a trusty 

 messenger at all times, would quickly call up men in support of it. The Hereford- 

 shire Beacon could never have been occupied for any length of time by a large 

 body of men, in consequence of the want of water supply there, and the difilculty 

 of providing stores. The chief immediate reserve was doubtless the old British 

 entrenched town on Midsummer hill, two miles south of the Beacon camp, but 

 there is no reason why Wall hills should not have been a second reserve. The 

 President has found flints, and fragments of British or Romano-British pottery 

 within its area, which affords strong confirmation of it, but further evidence is 

 not forthcoming, and if a definite verdict must be given, it must be that of the 

 canny Scotch — "Not proven." 



There scarcely remains a doubt but that it was a Eoman station. The form 

 of the camp itself indicates it, and its position almost proves it. The hill is not 

 lofty or difficult of approach, and cavalry could conveniently occupy it. Its 

 advantageous position is very evident. It could communicate on the north side 

 with the Roman camp at Stretton Grandison, near the site of the Eoman town 

 Circutium, on the banks of the river Frome ; to the south, it could signal with the 

 Roman camp at Haffield ; on the east, wth the Herefordshire Beacon, as before 

 stated ; whilst on the west it could hold still more direct communication with a 

 Roman villa, whose remains have been found at Putley. No Roman road seems 

 actually to approach it ; but there is one from Stretton Grandison (Circutium), by 

 Ashperton, the Trumpet, Little Marcle, Preston, and on by Dymock and Newent 

 to Gloucester. There was also, very probably, a vicinal way, on the eastern side, 

 crossed by the present Hereford road at New Mills, and from this, possibly, one 

 to the camp by the way taken on the present occasion. The Romans, however, 

 were scarcely likely to have made these strong entrenchments, since their only 

 necessity for defensive works was to prevent sudden surprise. It seems most pro- 

 bable, therefore, that its principal occupants were the Saxons, and that to them the 

 great embankments are due. There is no other camp in this district of the county 

 whose position would suit them so well. It bears, moreover, a Saxon name itself, 

 and is surrounded by places with a Saxon nomenclature. Prora Wall hUls, the 

 Saxons might readily destroy the town of Circutium, and guard against any 

 approach on this side of the county. 



This camp may also have been the scene of some trifling engagement in the 

 Parliamentary wars, for our President has a cannon ball found within its area, and 

 it is stated in Mr. Webb's valuable work, Memorials of the Civil Wars in Here- 

 fordshire — a work that should find its place in every library in the county — that 



