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Naturalists' Field Club, informs me that on the north side of 

 this Camp where it is protected only bj the rocky escarpment, 

 a land-slip occurred about half a century ago, which disclosed a 

 quantity of chaiTed corn that had been stored in a cavity or 

 magazine, probably for the use of the occupiers of the Camp. 



There is on Bredon Hill another Camp, but it lies in 

 Worcestershire : it is situated above the village of Conderton. 

 Dr. Nash, in his Collections for a History of Worcestershire, 

 described it as an oval Camp, but it has on the Ordnance Map 

 an irregular figure given it. 



No. 48. — The next Camp to be mentioned is Towbuiy, situate 

 about three miles north of Tewkesbury. To reach this from 

 Penbury on Bredon a long descent of two miles is made before 

 the level vale is reached at the village of Westmancot, then 

 passing through the Worcestershire village Bredon, and crossing 

 the river Avon by ferry-boat at Twining, Gloucestershire is 

 re-entered. Leaving the village of Twining Green, with its 

 picturesque cottages and fine old trees, and threading a net- 

 work of roads, Towbury is at length reached. It stands on a 

 slightly elevated hill in the midst of cultivated fields and rich 

 orchards, and is in form and position very similar to Eanbury, 

 east of Cu'encester. On the south-east side the defence consists 

 of a deep ditch with a very shght mound above it ; at the south- 

 east angle the defence is more complex, having a double mound. 

 The defences run round the nearly level top of the low hill, and 

 enclose about 20 or 25 acres. Rudder mentions Leland's notice 

 of Towbury as follows : — " It is a two miles from Theokesbyri, 

 above it, in ripa leva Sahrinoe. It is now overgrown with trees 

 and bushes of Juniper. It longged to Winchelcumbe Abbey, 

 peradventure it was King Ofpa or King Kenttlphus House." 



The termination of Tewkeshury denotes that its site has been 

 a fortified position. 



The isolated hills of Oxenton and Dixton, which rise out of 

 the vale north of Nottingham Hill, are stated " to have indica- 

 tions of ancient earthworks on them." 



No. 49. — Churehdown has been described as a Camp by Mr. 

 Baker in his communication to the Society of Antiquaries, 



