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Oliver's Camp, Devizes. 



could be detected in the hole, which was filled with loose chalk. 

 It must have been dug a long time before the rampart was made, 

 or else the turf removed to dig the hole had been replaced, for 

 there was no gap in the old turf line above the hole. No relics 

 were fouud in this section. 



Section E.— Through Eampart and Ditch, 4ft. wide. 



Fig. 8. Section E, through Rampart and Ditch. 



A. Undisturbed Chalk. 



B. Fragments of Chalk. 



C. Chalk Silting. 



D. Fragments of Chalk. 



E. Surface Soil. 



The rampart at this point was 1ft. lOin. in height above the old 

 surface, the line of which was well defined. No relics were found. 



The ditch had been originally 7ft. deep and was filled up to a 

 depth of 5ft. 6in. 



Finds in the Ditch. 



One flint flake and two small indefinite sherds of pottery: 1ft. deep. 



Two fragments of the rim and other sherds, all belonging to one 

 vessel, of close-grained heavy black ware : at a depth of 18in. 

 Mr. H. St. George Gray, to whom they were submitted, says 

 that this form of rim is common in Late Celtic pottery, but, 

 as Romano-British pottery was found below it, it must in 

 this case be regarded as of Eomano-British date. 



Two small sherds of red pottery, Romano-British : 2ft. deep. 



Section F. — Through Ditch and Bank, 4ft. wide. 

 It was thought that there might have been an entrance into the 



