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was soon brought to bear on the staple, which, after a little 
persuasion, yielded to the necessity and admitted the party now 
considerably increased by an addition of fair enthusiasts from the 
Rectory of Wrington. At the entrance to the camp on the west, 
Mr. Scarth called attention to the double vallum, pointed out the 
defences on the opposite hill across the Bridgwater and Bristol 
road to protect the pass between that hill and the camp, and 
enlarged upon the Roman roads and various camps which crown 
the hills in the neighbourhood. The Secretary called attention 
here to an example of that remarkable variation of dip in the 
Mountain Limestone beds seen on the face of the opposite hill, 
changing from a northerly dip through the perpendicular to a 
southerly dip, assuming the shape of a fan. 
Following the course of the ramparts running along the north 
side of the hill, and composed of an immense talus of loose stones 
which formerly crowned the ridge on that side probably ina more 
substantial shape, the highest point, 500 feet according to aneroid, 
was reached ; here Mr. Scarth assayed to give a description of 
the extent and formation of the camp, only the main drift of 
which our chronicler could catch, owing to the impatient thirst 
for knowledge displayed by one of the members in his over 
anxiety to know where the stones came from, even the statement 
that they “ growed there” not satisfying him. From the plan 
exhibited it appeared that the length was 1,600 feet, the 
breadth 800 feet, and the acreage about 221, and that several 
Roman and Saxon coins had been found, together with iron spear- 
heads. The plan, which was a photograph from a survey made 
on the spot by Mr. Dymond in 1872, and exhibited by Mr. Scarth, 
deserves a place in the published records of the county. After a 
steep descent of 300 feet on the south into the ravine which 
separates it from Rowberrow, a serious obstacle presented itself in 
the shape of a stone wall of rather unusual dimensions for the 
Mendips ; the rabbits again were the cause of this second 
hindrance. A lurking suspicion that there was something worth 
