56 PROC. COTTESWOLD CLUB vol. xiii. 



There is a stone called the " Lang Stone " situated on 

 the far side of the Camp, which tradition states was placed 

 with two other similar stones (since removed) to mark 

 the spots where three Danish Chieftains were killed. The 

 hollow to the south is called " Woeful Dane Bottom " : 

 tradition says that the blood at that spot was over the 

 fetlocks of the horses, and that the stream in the valley 

 below was red with it. 



The ancient name of Minchinhampton was Hamton 

 or Hanton : the word " Minchin," a religious House of 

 Mercy, having been added later. 



There is also an old road running nearly due east 

 called Daneway. 



The lack of pit-dwellings and the other characteristics 

 mentioned, the local tradition, and names, and the entry 

 in the Chronicle, are, I think, sufficient evidence to 

 warrant a conclusion that this is a Danish Camp, and that 

 the great battle of A.D. 837 was fought at this spot. 



The term " pirates " was often used in the Chronicle 

 to designate Danes, and it doubtless refers to 33 Pirate 

 Chiefs, or Earls, and their following. 



In another part of the Chronicle, in a description of the 

 Danish army, it is stated that the average following of a 

 Danish Earl, or Chief, was 500 men. Supposing that 

 these Pirate Chiefs had the same average following, the 

 Danish army, which was defeated at Hampton, would 

 have numbered about 16,500 men, which would have 

 been sufficient to man this Camp. 



