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at the south the rock is a precipice, and the west and east sides 

 are very steep ; a careful examination leads me to believe that 

 there were never any earthworks formed on these three sides, 

 and that the only artificial bank is one on the north-east side, 

 not made on the edge of the escarpment, but on the slope of 

 the hill-side, a short way down ; at first sight this slope from 

 the escarpment appears like an artificial work, but it is really 

 natural; it is between this slope and the earthwork that the 

 road runs mentioned by Mr. Bakek, and leads up into the 

 Camp. The difficulties of tracing earthworks all overgrown with 

 tangled coppice interlaced by briars and thorns needs to be 

 experienced to be fully realized, this difficulty is more than once 

 alluded to by Mr. Baker, and it is met with at the present day 

 in several of our old Camps, especially in some in those lying 

 to the west of the Severn. 



No. 64. Plate III, fig. 23. — " Scant a bowshot" from Blaize 

 Castle rises the eastern end of King's-Weston Hill, the point 

 of which has been formed into a Camp by a mound and ditch, 

 (rather a slight work, the mound being only five feet high), this 

 earthwork runs across the hill for 55 yards, and then along the 

 south-east side for 75 yards, the remaining sides are undefended, 

 but are quite steep. Less than two furlongs from this Camp 

 there is another slight mound and ditch running across the 

 hill-top. 



To the east of King's-Weston Hill lies Coombe Hill, marked 

 C on fig. 23, Plate III ; Ettddee says there is a Camp on its 

 summit, but I can find no trace whatever of earthworks there. 

 It is a situation well suited for a Camp, having a fine level top, 

 and presenting very steep sides to King's-Weston Hill, and to 

 Blaize Castle. 



]Si"o. 65. — A small but very interesting Camp crowns the 

 hio-hest point of the precipitous St. Vincent's Eocks at Clifton, 

 near Bristol. The works were very regular and very strong, 

 but of late they have been a good deal disturbed. There were 

 three strong mounds and ditches running round in a curved 

 line from the edges of the precipitous escarpment, these mounds 

 were very near together, with the ditch only between them. 



