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found, more than have been, after diligent search, gathered off 

 several square miles round this spot, seem to point it out as a 

 dwelling-place of the Flint-folk, having the adjoining Camp as 

 their place of refuge. 



No. 39. — In several historical notices of Tetbury, allusion is 

 made to its " Castle," but no trustworthy record of a stone- 

 built castle exists, nor have any remains of such been found. 

 The " Castle" here was no doubt the ancient intrenchment on 

 the south-east side of the town, the earthworks of which, 

 Rudder states, were levelled about one hundred years ago, 

 and the site " improved into a kind of pleasure-ground, with 

 plantations and agreeable slopes and walks on the side next the 

 rivulet." The site of this Camp is now a grass field, the form 

 of the terraced walks and slopes remain, but none of the original 

 earthworks can be traced. 



No. 40. — Horton Castle, as shown at fig. 6, Plate II, is formed 

 by a single mound, running on a curved line, and cutting off a 

 point of the hill; near the entrance from the north-east the 

 bank is still 12 feet high inside, and 16 feet high outside, but 

 the ditch mentioned by Mr. Bakek is now scarcely traceable. 

 Rudder says of Horton Castle, " The Camp is of square form, 

 supposed to be Roman ;" and Mr. Baker writes of it as " an 

 irregular four-sided figure ;" a reference to the Ordnance Map 

 will show its actual figure. 



No. 41. — The well known Sodbury Camp is remarkable for 

 the regularity and finished character of its earthworks ; it is, as 

 shown on Plate II, fig. 15, situate on the escarpment. The 

 defences consist of two lines of earthworks, and the area enclosed 

 is a parallelogram ; and there can be little doubt that it is of 

 Roman construction. The section shown on Plate III, fig. 35, 

 is taken from the side of the eastern gate. 



No. 42. — Dyrham Camp (Plate II, fig, 7,) is very similar to 

 Horton Castle ; it occupies a projecting point of the hill above 

 the village of Hinton, and was defended by a single mound and 

 ditch, formed on a curved line, cutting off the protected area 

 from the plateau. Just below the escarpment, at the north-west 

 side, the ground is broken into pit-like depressions ; on the 



