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Dolebury Camp on Mendip. By the Rev. Preb. ScartH, M.A. 
(Read December 7th, 1881 ). 
Dolebury Camp is situated on the ridge of the Mendip Hills, 
on the northern slope, about four miles from the town of Axbridge, 
and commands a pass through the Hills. The Bristol and 
Bridgwater road now passes near it on the western side of the 
ravine. This line of road was formed in the early part of the 
present century ; the old coach road, which is. still visible, passed 
over the ridge a little farther west, towards Banwell. Dolebury 
is about 700 feet above the level of the sea, and is separated from 
the little village of Rowberrow by a deep ravine. The ground 
rises from the entrance at the west end 155 feet. 
The form of the Camp is an irregular parallelogram, adapted to 
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4 - the summit of the hill. It contains 224 acres, and has a rampart 
e of stones throughout, single on the south side, where the ravine 
E ‘is a sufficient protection, but on the north side, where it is more 
q accessible, the stone rampart is doubled, and it is also defended 
__ by an outer ditch. On this side the rampart rises to the height of 
4 30 feet, and is particularly well developed at the north-eastern angle, 
where it is gradually rounded off. Here, where it joins the level 
surface of the hill, the rampart is much raised and the ditch is 
___ widened, and so it continues until it reaches the south declivity, 
_ where the ditch ceases. There is an entrance at the eastern end, 
and a road seems to pass straight through the Camp to the 
_ western entrance, which assumes somewhat the form of a wedge, 
and here is the main entrance from the valley below. A winding 
Toad, protected by banks on each side, led up to this entrance. 
__ A very good plan has been made of this Camp by Mr. Dymond, 
of Weston-super-Mare. 
Dolebury is one of the largest and most perfect Camps in 
Somerset, and every care should be taken to preserve its 
wmparts and other features entire. At first sight the rampart 
appears to he formed of loose stones and fragments of limestone 
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