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No. 54. — In Tortworth Park there is a remarkably fine Camp, 

 known as " Bloody Acre ;" the hill on which it has been formed 

 has a long and narrow top, nearly level from north to south ; 

 the hill side towards the east is very steep, and slopes down 

 into the valley, in which a lake has been made ; the hill side 

 towards the west is less steep. The Camp stands on the level 

 part, and is defended by a high mound, running from the 

 escarpment of the east side across the hill top, then curving 

 roujid and running nearly parallel to the escarpment, and again 

 curving round to the eastern escarpment. The north end of 

 the Camp is narrower than the south, and is fortified by a second 

 mound, running across the hill top. The south end of the Camp 

 is fortified by two more mounds and ditches, running across the 

 hill, (see Plate III, fig. 28). The earthworks are formed of the 

 hard rock dug from the ditches, and have maintained their 

 original forms better than any other Camp in Gloucestershire. 

 The three mounds which form the southern defences have a 

 very fine appearance, having graduated heights and strength, 

 the outer line being about 10 feet from the bottom of the ditch 

 to the top of the mound, the second line about 15 feet, and the 

 third 20 feet. The material for the mound on the west side of 

 the Camp appears to have been taken from the inner side, for the 

 area of the Camp adjoining the west mound is slightly hollowed 

 out, and there is not a ditch on its outer side. 



No. 55. Plate III. fig. 27.— At Oldbury-on- Severn there is 

 a small stream the lower part of which where it enters the 

 Severn being of considerable width when the tide is in, forms 

 a small harbour or " Pill," as such river mouths are called on 

 the Severn sides. On the south side of this stream, at about 

 half a mile distant from the Severn, there is a small conical hill 

 on the top of which stands the church. Eound the churchyard 

 there are slight appearances of artificial embankments, and I 

 am informed that the mound on which the church is built is an 

 artificial mound, and that this is found to be the case when 

 graves are dug close to the church. On the north side of the 

 stream, directly opposite the hill on which the church has been 

 built, and one third of a mile from it, there are the remains of 



