(v.) Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. Mr. D. H. Montgomerie, a 

 member of this Committee, following on the investigations 

 of Mr. William Page, F.S.A., has been actively engaged in 

 uncovering most interesting remains of the defences and 

 other portions of the castle works. 



(vi.) Solberge, Yorkshire. Mr. John Hutton, M.P., the owner 

 of the site, has made preliminary excavations likely to lead 

 to interesting results. 



Destruction or mutilation of earthworks must ever command the 

 sorrowful attention of archaeologists. 



Mr. Percival Ross, President of the Bradford Historical and 

 Antiquarian Society, reports that the Roman camp at Ilkley has been 

 cut through from south to north at its eastern end to form a new road, 

 the district being in course of development for building purposes. 



Mr. Worthington G. Smith, of Dunstable, writes that the quarrying 

 operations have already destroyed part of the fosse on the west side of 

 Maiden Bower, one of the most interesting early earthworks in 

 Bedfordshire. 



Mr. J. C. WslW, who is examining the earthworks of Devonshire, 

 mentions that a fine prehistoric stronghold in the south of that county 

 is in course of demolition for agricultural purposes. 



No doubt many more instances could be included in the black-list 

 of destruction, but J'er contra it is satisfactory to mention that the 

 Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society has been successful in 

 saving a large circle on Baildon Moor from interference by the 

 constructors of a road. 



Tumuli, barrows, and ancient boundary-banks and dykes deserve 

 attention at the hands of those engaged in recording the earthworks 

 of a county, and it is suggested that a list should be compiled. This 

 is the more necessary as such remains disappear with even greater 

 rapidity than earthwork camps and strongholds. In this connection it 

 may be noticed that a remarkably full list of such works in Derbyshire 

 will appear in the Victoria History of that county, 153 examples being 

 recorded. 



