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and on the sides of the hills more abundantly, but in ever 

 varying quantity on the high lands. A large proportion of 

 these flints exhibit no mark of human workmanship, others bear 

 marks of flaking but have no definite form, whilst some are such 

 finished implements as the arrow-point fig. 6, Plate IV., which 

 was found in a field in Avening Parish. Others again are 

 javelin-points, rudely-flaked discs probably used as shng or hurl- 

 stones, and good specimens of the well-known " scrapers," as 

 figs. 8, 9, and 10. 



In extending the subject of the early occupation of our hills 

 by man from the limited area around Nailsworth to the whole 

 range of the Cotteswolds, it may be observed that on the 

 map of the Ordnance Survey, 25 " Ancient Encampments" or 

 " Camps" are marked on the hills. With one or two exceptions 

 the outlines of these camps consist of irregular curved lines, 

 very distinct in their character from the regular forms considered 

 characteristic of Roman worTc. One form which these defensive 

 works take is that which has been noticed in describing the 

 Amberley and Minchinhampton Camps, namely a bold curved 

 line, the ends of which rest on the abrupt escarpment of the 

 hiU; such is the form of the Cleeve HOI Camp. In others, as 

 at Nottingham Hill, Broadbarrow Green, and Horton Castle, a 

 projecting promontory is cut off from the adjoining table land 

 by a curved line. At Uley Bury, the Camp occupies the whole 

 summit of the hill, and the works conform exactly to the outline 

 of the natural escarpment. The most decided exception to 

 these irregular forms is that of Little Sodbury Camp, which is 

 a parallelogram inclosed on three sides by series of mounds 

 and ditches constructed with great regularity, whilst the fourth 

 side is bounded by the escarpment of the hill. This work con- 

 trasts finely with the neighbouring Horton Castle, where a bold 

 promontory projecting into the Vale is cut off from the plateau 

 by a single mound formed on a cui-ved Hne. The areas inclosed 

 by these camps are generally small, in some cases not exceeding 

 eight acres, and in this respect the Minchinhampton works 

 present a striking contrast, as they contain 800 acres. Whilst 

 the smaller camps were well adapted to serve as " castles" in 



