128 The Forty-Seventh General Meeting. 
place with his left hand—as all indeed may see in the figure of him 
to this day—whilst he went on killing more Danes nai ids 
with his right. 
Having visited the vicarage garden to see the beautifully fred lied 
socket of the CROSS which formerly stood in the street near the 
Tolsey, some of the party crossed the road to inspect a house at the- 
rear of the “‘ Rattlebones Inn,” said to be the “old Rectory.” It 
is now unoccupied, and is rapidly falling to ruin, and’seems not to 
be known or described—yet, although it was shut up and the inside 
could not be visited, the most cursory view revealed the fact that: 
there is a hall, windows, and door of good early 15th century date. 
It is much to be desired that this interesting building could be 
properly described, and saved from its present condition of im- 
pending ruin. 
Passing through the Manor Farm yard the party made the circuit 
of the ramparts of the camp defended by the almost precipitous 
descent to the valley on one side, and on the others by a strong 
entrenchment, within which part of the present village stands. 
What is true of other camps is true of this, that its approximate 
age could only be fixed by excavations scientifically conducted. 
As the carriages left for Luckington, the view of the village 
crowning the steep declivity across the narrow valley gave a good 
idea of the strength of the position in early days when the lower 
ground was often, no doubt, impassable swamp. 
LUCKINGTON CHURCH has suffered terribly from the “‘restorer” 
of 1872, whose zeal left discretion entirely out of sight As Mr. 
BRaAkKsPEAR, who discoursed on its features, said, it Aas been a very 
interesting building, but the chancel and south chapel are now to 
all appearance new—and the way in which old work was regarded 
by the architect of the restoration may be judged of by the fact 
that several interesting stones belonging to this Church are at 
present in the Society’s Museum—whilst the tracery of a good 
Perpendicular east window and considerable remains of the loth 
century reredos in very good condition were seen by the Members 
in the rectory garden, where they were placed when the present 
structure, window, and reredos were erected in their place. A 
