245 



It is possible, but scarcely probable, that this occupation of the 

 two races was contemporaneous. The supposed connection of 

 the Flint-folk with the Camp on Birdlip Hill (No. 15) and that 

 south of Nailsworth (No. 38) has been pointed out, and there 

 are not wanting evidences that the sites of other Camps were 

 first occupied by the Flint-folk ; a careful search beneath the 

 turf of the fortified headlands will probably confirm this, for I 

 am informed that in the section of the escarpment at the point 

 of Crickley Hill worked flints are met with under the turf. 



The warhke habits of the various tribes inhabiting Britain 

 prior to its invasion by the Romans, doubtless led to the forma- 

 tion of some of our hill fortresses, and to that period may be 

 referred the groups of pit-dwellings on Minchinhampton Com- 

 mon, on Eodborough Hill, on Selsley Hill, and on Westridge, 

 in each case accompanied by earthworks, which would serve as 



years ago have entirely disappeared. As regards the evidence of ttiis 

 occupation as afforded by surface flints, I have carefully noted all finds for 

 the last six years with the following result, that whHst there is scarcely a 

 cultivated field in Gloucestershire on which a worked flint may not be met 

 with this distribution as regards number is very unequal. On the high and 

 waterless tracts from Lansdown to Tetbury, and again on the still higher 

 and equally waterless hiUs from Leckhampton to Nottingham Hill they are 

 found in very small numbers ; but at lower elevations with suppHes of water 

 they are found in considerable numbers, but still very unequally, for 

 frequently a small area will yield a large number of implements and chips, 

 when for a great distance around the chips occur sparsely, and the implements 

 are rare. The following table embodies some of the results of my 

 collectings from various localities. 



On high ground 700 feet above the sea 1 



From a lower elevation 



Near Gatcombe Tumulus and Longstone 



Near Cherriugton | 



Near Hnzlewood Copse Camp 



7 

 107 

 160 

 50 



Cores & i 

 Flakes Hurl- 

 (broken) stones 



209 

 350 

 li25 

 180 



Chips 



244 

 6253 

 3217 

 3628 

 I 2440 



The first two finds are from very extended ranges, the last three froni small 

 areas, each adjacent to springs of water. A small number, especially of 

 those found on high ground, show no sign of human workmanship, and are 

 simply flint gravel, and may owe theii- position on our hills to geologic 

 agencies. The distribution of worked flints does not prove a lengthened 

 occupation of the Cotteswolds by Flint-folk, even two or three generations 

 of men using stone implements might leave all those enumerated above, and 

 their very general distribution may be accounted for by the restless, 

 wandering habits of savages, largely dependent on the chase for food 

 supplies. On the eastern slope of the Cotteswolds, near Stow-on-the- 

 Wold, in a localitv abounding in tumuli, the Eev. D. Eoyce has collected, 

 chiefly from SweU Wold, a very large number of worked flints, including 

 600 arrow heads. The tumuli of the Cotteswolds indicate either a 

 lengthened occupation by a sparse population, or a shorter sojourn by a 

 numerous people. 



