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of an acre. A very slight defence encloses this Camp, the sides 

 of the hill on which it stands being very steep on three sides, 

 whilst the neck connecting it with the hill on the north is 

 defended by an additional defence, consisting of a mound and 

 ditch, (see Plate IV, fig, 43). Across the valley on another 

 projecting point, (marked 70a), are the well-known remains of 

 a Roman temple, villa, and baths ; this position is slightly 

 defended by an earthwork running across it and along its 

 eastern side. 



No. 71. — A little south-west of Tidenham Church there is 

 an oblong hill, marked on the Ordnance Map " Combesbury." 

 Attracted by the name, I lately examined this hill, and was 

 rewarded by finding at its south end a small circular Camp, 

 enclosing about one acre. The defence is a very slight bank of 

 stones with a ditch outside running round the enclosed area, but 

 towards the south this is strengthened by large rocks piled up, 

 apparently forming a rude wall, but it is at present so overgrown 

 with thorns as to make aa examination of it difficult. 



No. 72. — Half a mile west of Combesbury there is a hill called 

 Yewbury. On examination I found that this hill has been 

 fortified, a slight mound runs along the edge of the escarpment, 

 but it is now much broken by quarries, and the eastern end has 

 been ploughed down. This hill commands a fine view over 

 Sedbury, and of the ancient Camp " The Bulwarks," west of 

 the Wye. 



Half a mile north of Yewbury is a place named Ashbur}*-, 

 where there is on the highest ground an enclosure covered with 

 coppice, which renders the ground difficult of examination, 

 but its position and name seem to point to its having been a 

 Camp. Worked flints are found on the surface of the cultivated 

 fields at Ashbury. 



No. 73. — The termination of a level plateau a furlong east of 

 Bigswear Bridge is marked on the Ordnance Map " Ancient 

 Intrenchment ;" the position is well suited for defence, the 

 headland having a steep bank round it, but the plateau is under 

 cultivation, and there are no traces of intrenchments left. 



Nos. 74 and 75. — On the hills east of Tinteru there are 



