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" on a chain of ancient fortresses, extending through the south- 

 western part of Gloucestershire." Mr. Baker writes — " Its 

 shape is very irregular, conforming entirely to that of the 

 ground. It is rendered very imperfect by stone-digging, and 

 little or nothing satisfactory can be said of it." I have been 

 unable to trace any artificial defensive earthworks on Church- 

 down, but this hill has been left by the denuding agents which 

 have acted on it with a very remarkable surface and outline, 

 bold knolls have been left so steep-sided and so regular as to 

 appear like artificial mounds, whilst a large level space in their 

 midst has an appearance of being defended by these mound- 

 like ridges. When seen from the south, from the neighbourhood 

 of Hucclecote, on the Ermine Street, Churchdown Hill has the 

 appearance of a vast fortress, the ledges of Marlstone standing 

 out form naiTow terraces, with steep banks below them, from 

 these terraces rise rampart-like mounds, with moat-like hollows 

 between them. From its commanding position in the vale, and 

 its natural strength, Churchdown Hill was probably occupied 

 occasionally by the early inhabitants of our county, but the 

 nature of its soil — the damp tenacious Lias — must have ren- 

 dered it unfit for a permanent camping ground. 



No. 50. — The site of the present City of Grloucester was no 

 doubt a fortified position under the Britons, being their Caer 

 Glou ; the walled Camp or city — the Roman Glevum — which 

 succeeded its earlier occupation, was a very regular work, traces 

 of which have from time to time been found in digging for the 

 foundations of houses and other works, and very interesting dis- 

 coveries have lately been made by our colleague Mr. John Bellows 

 on the line of the north and east wall of the Eoman town. 



No. 50 a. — At Hempsted, one mile south of Gloucester, there 

 is a very regular Camp, a parallelogram, enclosing an area 200 

 yards by 110 yards, which has been described by Canon Lysoxs, 

 and from the remains associated with it, there is every reason to 

 regard this as a Roman work. 



No. 51. — Cam Long Down is a hill standing but little in 

 advance of the Cotteswold range, being only half a mile to the 

 west of Uley Bury. The top of Cam Long Down was composed 



