248 On the Ancient Earthwork Enclosures 



are also remains of apparently two other enclosures, one measuring 

 33 yards by 42, the other 65 yards by 40. These also are all 

 within sight of Wansdyke, which runs along the brow of the hill 

 within a quarter of a mile, and they are also well sheltered from 

 the north, and face due south. 



No. 4. Still passing on towards the south and parallel with 

 Wansdyke, and within a quarter of a mile of the last, and north- 

 east of Tan-Hill, is a large rectangular enclosure with broad ditch 

 and still considerable embankments, particularly at the four corners, 

 the total diameter of bank and ditch measuring 15 feet. It has 

 three small openings on the east side, one large entrance on the 

 west, none on the north, and the peculiarity of this enclosure 

 consists in this, that on the south there is an opening left without 

 trace of bank or ditch for one third of its diameter, or 35 yards. 

 It faces east-south-east and is completely sheltered from the north. 

 Its total measurements are 156 yards by 105 yards. 



No. 5. At the distance of half-a-mile farther to the south on the 

 Horton Downs, east of Tan-Hill, and lying in a gully at the foot 

 of that noble down are two enclosures, the larger measuring 98 

 yards square, the smaller 40 yards by 30. They both face due 

 east, and are sheltered from the north and west ; and a smaller 

 earthwork similar to that described in No. 1, is conspicuous on the 

 southern side of the greater of the two. 



No. 6. On the Avebury Downs at the foot of the famous Hackpen, 

 and surrounded by ditches and earthworks which are in great 

 abundance in that neighbourhood, lies a square enclosure measuring 

 on either side 110 yards: but it is remarkable for the curiously 

 shaped works which occupy its south-western corner, and for the 

 double lines of ramparts and ditches which almost surround three 

 of its four sides. What may have been the intention of these 

 additional defences it is difficult to guess. In this single instance 

 there is shelter from the east and south as well as from the north, 

 the western in this case being the exposed quarter. 



No. 7. Again on the Avebury Down, but west of Beckhampton 

 and not far from the spot where the Beckhampton avenue of the 

 Avebury Temple is said to have terminated, lies a very small double 



