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rock, of which the Mendip ridge is here composed ; but upon 
closer examination, and removing the upper covering, it is 
geen to have been constructed of dry walling from ten to twelve 
feet thick. This is very visible on the north side towards the 
eastern bend, where the second rampart still preserves its original 
form, and appears as a regularly built unmortared wall. The 
stones have been dug out of the ditch and also taken from the 
surface of the Camp, and the construction must have been a 
work of time and great labour. 
On the north-eastern side the surface has been considerably 
disturbed by former attempts at mining, and a cottage, now in 
ruins, has been erected, but in other portions remains of ancient 
occupation are very plain in the long lines of raised earth, which 
probably mark the site of buildings. There are traces of four 
ridges not quite equi-distant from each other. At the south- 
western angle is an earthern enclosure, which, together with the 
angle of the Camp, here forms a square, and has all the appearance 
of a fortified post within the area of the Camp; it is very near 
the western entrance, and may have formed the lodgings of a 
guard to protect the gate. A similar small quadrangular 
enclosure is found in the large Camp on Clifton Down. These 
smaller Camps within the larger lead to the idea that they may 
have been occupied in later times and by a smaller force. 
On the opposite side of the ravine, towards Banwell, and just 
above the point where the Bridgwater road is carried along the 
face of the hill, are the traces of another and smaller Camp, called 
Dinghurst Camp. This has been almost destroyed by quarrying 
the stone, but sufficient of the rampart remains to show that it 
was either another strong position coeval with Dolebury, guarding 
the pass, or else constructed in after times as an additional 
security. 
Dolebury is in the parish of Churchill, and takes its name from 
the peculiarity of its position, commanding a well-watered plain. 
The name is undoubtedly Ancient British or Celtic; it occurs in 
