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No. $9. — Two miles north-west of Mang^otsfield is a Camp on 

 Bury Hill, wliich Rudder mentions as having a deep foss and 

 high agger. 



No. 60. — Of Oldbury Court, near Stapleton, Rudder states 

 that near this mansion is a small Camp on the hill. 



Nos. 61 and 62. — At Wick, near Dointon, there is a spot 

 attractive alike to the geologist, the antiquarian, and the lover 

 of the picturesque. The little river Boyd here runs in a deep 

 ravine, with almost perpendicular rocks rising on either side of 

 it. At the top of these rocks there were ancient Camps, and 

 that on the west side is still traceable, but there is now nothing 

 left of the Camp on the east side, though Rudder distinctly 

 states that there were intrenchments on both sides of the river ; 

 it probably occupied the highest part of the ground, and so 

 was just opposite the Camp on the west side, and has been 

 entirely destroyed by the large quarry since worked there. In 

 many respects this locality is a miniature of Clifton, the river 

 winding through a narrow gorge, the highly inclined strata of 

 Carboniferous Limestone rising up wall-like from both sides of 

 the stream, the highest spots of these rocks occupied by ancient 

 Camps, and in other parts where the rocks and banks are less 

 steep there are picturesque woods and tangled brakes. 



At Bitton, four miles south-west of Dointon, considerable 

 traces of the Roman occupation have been met with, and close 

 to the village are the remains of a Camp apparently about 100 

 yards square, but the earthworks have long since been disturbed. 



No. 63. — Blaize Castle is a conical hill near Henbury, of which 

 Rudder writes, " on the summit of this hill are strong hnes of 

 fortification ;" and Mr. Baker says, " on the south side this 

 hill is impregnable from its steepness, but on the others it has 

 been defended by at least two banks and ditches, which are 

 now overgrown with wood and not easy to be traced. An old 

 stoned road, called the Foss-way, is observable on the north- 

 east side, at the top of which is an entrance, and there is another 

 entrance towards King's-Weston Hill." At the present time 

 there is no evidence of such important earthworks ; this hill is 

 a naturally strong position from the' steepness of its sides, for 



