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south side the slope below the escarpment is not very steep, and 

 has been strengthened by an artificial scarp. On the north side 

 of the modern road which crosses the camp, the mound and 

 ditch are now nearly obliterated by cultivation, but the mound 

 on the south side of the road is still a fine work. 



No. 43. — About two miles north of Marshfield there is marked 

 on the Ordnance Map an "Ancient Camp," occupying a pro- 

 jecting point of Great Oolite, and bounded on three sides by 

 valleys cut down into the FuUer's-earth. Mounds still exist 

 here, but at the time of my visit the fields were covered with 

 nearly full-grown crops of corn, so that their extent and character 

 could not be traced. 



No. 44. — A quarter of a mile east of the last-mentioned Camp 

 there is also mai'ked on the Ordnance Survey " Hebdown Camp ;" 

 but on visiting the spot I could find no trace of earthworks. 

 The site is admirably suited to have been a camping ground, as 

 it is a projecting point, bounded on three sides by shallow 

 valleys, in which run streamlets of limpid water, most valuable 

 in that generally waterless district. 



No. 45. — From Tog Hill, three miles to the west of Marshfield, 

 there is a magnificent view over the vale to the high-lands about 

 Clifton. On this hill there are remains of an ancient earthwork, 

 now so incomplete that it is difiicult to ascertain its purpose or 

 extent. A mound has been thrown up nearly parallel to tlie 

 brow of the hill, and at only a short distance from the escarp- 

 ment, it has a deep ditch on the side towards the escarpment, 

 and a shallow ditch on the other side. A short distance to the 

 east there is a slight ditch running nearly parallel to this mound, 

 and the space between was possibly a camping ground. A spring 

 of water, no slight consideration in that locality, rises just below 

 this defended position. 



No. 45 a. — On Freezing Hill, half a mile south of the last- 

 mentioned earthwork, there is another of similar character : 

 this also is a mound with a ditch on both sides, it also runs 

 near the escarpment. They may possibly be the remains of one 

 work — a line of demarcation, similar to Offa's Dyke, above the 

 Wye, near Tintern. 



