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such may have formerly existed on the point of the hill where 

 Hazle House stands, for it is well suited for a Camp, and has a 

 spring of water immediately below it. In front of Hazle House 

 there are some mounds and terraces, but these are remains of a 

 garden. There is a tradition that there was " in old time a 

 large town" in the valley below the village Camp. The descrip- 

 tive term Bury occurs in the names of many places in Glouces- 

 tershire where no earthworks remain, and in some cases there 

 can be little doubt that a Camp formerly existed in such 

 localities, but that all traces have been lost of them, such is 

 probably the case at Tewkesbury and at Thomhury. In some 

 instances the term Bury, as applied in the names of places, no 

 doubt refers to known Camps at some little distance, as in 

 Fresibury, under Cleeve Camp, in Sodibury, under the well-known 

 Camp on the hill above the present village of Sodbury, and in 

 Henbiu'y, under Blaize Castle, but in other instances the name 

 appears to have preserved the tradition of camping grounds not 

 defended by earthworks, but possibly stockaded, for instance at 

 Oldbury-on-the-RiW, is Bury Hill, where no earthworks can 

 be traced (unless a slight mound at the west side of Oldbury 

 churchyard be an ancient work), but the hill commands an 

 extensive view to the south and east, and has at its foot a spi'ing 

 of water, " Joyce Pool," most useful in that district. At 

 'Ram'keshury again there are several headlands capable of easy 

 defence, and in particular " the Knoll," east of the Somerset 

 Monument, which has a natural bank running across it and an 

 artificial hillock at its extremity. 'Elbury Hill, half a mile north 

 of Charfield Station, rises boldly from the valley, and commands 

 a view of considerable extent over what was formerly Kingswood 

 Forest, but there are no defensive works on Elbury Hill. 

 Westbury-on-Trjni has in its neighbourhood several headlands 

 capable of defence, but these ha.ve long been occupied by dwell- 

 ing-houses and gardens, in the laying out of which, ancient 

 earthworks may have been destroyed. On the west of the 

 Severn there are two places which, judging from their names 

 and situations, may probably retain traces of Camps, but want 

 of time has prevented me from visiting them, — Stonebury, one 



