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aad he explained how the Romans had a series of strong campa 

 extending along their roads in the neighbourhood of the Severn, and 

 how, in some instances, they had adopted the existing strong British 

 camps for their purposes. The extent of this ancient fortress, he 

 said, is 32 acres, and it covers the whole surface of the hill above 

 the village of Uley, and is connected with the adjoining hill, Crawly 

 Hill, by a narrow isthmus. The top of the hill is now under culti- 

 vation, with a fine crop of barley growing on it, so that only the 

 rampart could be examined. The sides are scarped so as to render 

 the ascent more difficult, and around the side runs a broad ditch 

 with a rampart on the extreme edge . There is a second rampart all 

 round the summit of the camp. There are two entrances, each 

 strongly fortified ; these are approached by deeply worn hollows, 

 resembling covered ways, by which men or provisions could be 

 brought into the camp without being observed. The shape of the 

 hill-topis an irregular quadrangle. Roman coins are said to have been 

 found within it, as well as in the neighbourhood, and this has led to 

 the supposition that it was Roman, and one of a chain of forts 

 constructed by that people to unite the Severn with the Warwick- 

 shire Avon, or with the Nen, A.D. 51, during the campaign of 

 Ostorius Scapula against Caractacus. There are remains of Roman 

 villas in the immediate neighbourhood. Some account of this 

 interesting earthwork will be found in the "Arch. Journ.," voL xi. 

 p. 328, and also in the " Archaeologia," vol. xix. p. 161. 



Descending the hill to Dursley the members refreshed them- 

 selves at the comfortable hostelry of the Old Bell, and, after a short 

 visit paid to the church, walked over Stinchcombe-Hill to Berkeley- 

 Road Station. 



The state of the chambered tumulus on Uleybury HiU was a 



subject of great regret to the Club, for unless something be done, 



and that speedily, to stay the mischief going on, another of the few 



remaining works of the early people of this island will be destroyed. 



Walks and Shorter Excursions. 



The Neighbourhood of Bath, so rich in variety of scenery and 

 objects of interest still aff'ords the Club full scope for their energy, 

 and many pleasant and instructive walks have been made during 

 the co\irse of the past year. One of the earliest was to Combe 



