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the Church. Then we visited the old manor house, and the remains 
of its wide moat, and its fine old staircase ; and then we drove to the 
foot of the hill on which “ Liddington,” as it is generally called, or 
“ Badbury ” Castle, as it is sometimes more correctly designated, 
stands. This is a large camp, enclosed by a bank and ditch of 
considerable circuit, though not of very great height or depth: in 
all probability a British fortress, though afterwards strengthened 
and occupied by Romans and Saxons in turn. It was difficult to 
persuade the excursionists to descend from this elevated spot, where 
the magnificent views, east, north, and west, and the pleasant down 
breeze on a fine morning induced them to linger, but at length the 
Secretary’s horn recalled the stragglers, and taking their places in 
the carriages they drove on to Chiseldon, until lately a most retired 
and somewhat inaccessible village, little known to any but its 
immediate neighbours; but now suddenly brought into the world 
and into close connection with everywhere by means of the Swindon 
and Andover Railway, which has a station in the heart of the village. 
A halt was made at the Church, which seemed especially interesting 
to archeologists as the hand of the restorer has not been here to 
sweep away with undistinguishing zeal, as has so often been the 
case, alike that which is venerable and worthy of the utmost care, 
and that which is worthless. From Chiseldon a pleasant drive 
brought the excursionists to the foot of Barbury, where it was 
delightful to find a tent erected by the forethought and liberality 
of Mr. Henry Kemble, of Overtown, and here the welcome luncheon 
was spread and thoroughly appreciated after the morning’s ramble 
in the appetizing air of the downs of Liddington. After luncheon 
all adjourned to the square earthwork which lies at the immediate 
foot of Barbury, and here labourers were at work, as they had been 
on the previous day, cutting trenches and making other excavations 
with a view to discover the nationality of those who had originally 
constructed it: and this was satisfactorily determined, by the 
quantity of fragments of Roman, and the absence of any single 
particle of Brittsh pottery, throughout the excavations. While 
collected round these interesting trenches, the President, in the 
name ofthe archeologists, offered the hearty thanks of the Society 
