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From Horton the Club proceeded to the Camp at Little 
Sodbury, which was very clearly explained by Mr G. Witts, who 
remarked that although it was the finest Roman Camp in 
Gloucestershire, it was really not of Roman origin, but was 
originally a British Camp of far larger area, which the Romans 
had utilised and much strengthened. After giving full details 
of the shape and defences of the Camp, he said that at a dis- 
tance of 218 yards from the Roman earthworks, on the line of 
the British mound, were to be discovered the foundations of a 
circular building, or watch-tower, 22 feet in diameter, and 
precisely similar in character to those found in connection with 
the British Camp at Cleeve Hill, near Cheltenham. Following 
the line of the British earthworks for a distance of 258 yards 
from the first tower, they came to a second and larger one. 
These two circular buildings were probably watch-towers for 
those in charge of the flocks and herds which were collected at 
the exterior of the Camp. It might be asked how such an 
important position as Sodbury was connected with the great 
centres in British and Roman times. A reference to his 
Archeological Map of Gloucestershire would at once answer 
the question. Sodbury was situated within a few hundred 
yards of the ancient “ Port Way” that connected Glevam 
(Gloucester) with Aquz Solis (Bath). This road had long been 
neglected by their local antiquaries, but having carefully exam- 
ined it, he ventured to assert that it was one of the main roads 
of the district in Roman and probably pre-Roman times. 
The Rev. W. Bazeley shewed the relation of Sodbury Camp 
to Edward IV and Queen Margaret. Before the battle of 
Tewkesbury, May 3rd 1471, so fatal to the Lancastrian cause, 
Queen Margaret, having been re-inforced at Bristol, proposed 
to occupy the Camp, and give Edward battle. Edward, who 
then lay at Malmesbury, accepted the challenge and advanced 
to the attack. On his arrival, however, at Sodbury, he found 
the Queen had hurried up the Vale with a view to crossing the 
Severn at Gloucester, by the Westgate Bridge; or at Tewkes- 
bury, at the Lower Lode, and so joining her forces with Jasper 
Tudor’s before she gave battle. Thereupon Edward sent off 
