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of flint iu its composition, similar to that of the first column of the 

 accompanying table, and similar in all respects to that of the urn 

 found in barrow No. 4, and the fragments found with the cremated 

 interments in barrow No. 3. This was therefore, the first find 

 which showed the camp to be of the Bronze Age, for it was evident 

 that the ditch must have been dug before the urn was thrown into it. 



The other two sections produced nothing of value, beyond frag- 

 ments of pottery, which will be considered further on ; and, as the 

 evidence obtained from the sections appeared to be insufficient, I 

 determined to dig the camp all over, down to the undisturbed chalk, 

 ditch, rampart, and interior space. This was accordingly done, 

 and, in speaking of the finds in the ditch and rampart, I shall 

 therefore in future refer to the whole ditch and rampart all round 

 the camp, and collect the objects discovered together in one average 

 general section. Plate II. 



The ditch was of an average width of 9*5ft. at top, and the depth 

 about 6" 6ft., and it was of nearly uniform dimensions all round. 

 The lower 3ft. of the silting consisted entirely of chalk rubble, 

 above which the mould began, and got thicker towards the top. It 

 is probable the ditch may have been kept open for some time after 

 it was constructed, and the smooth flat bottom, about 1ft. wide all 

 round, sufficient to enable a person to walk along it, implies that 

 this was the case. But the sides of the ditch, "escarp" and 

 " counterscarp/' were unusually abrupt, being at an angle of 60°, 

 whereas in most camps I have found them at 45° with the horizon. 

 No doubt, owing to this, it would fill up rapidly when left to itself, 

 and the lower 3ft. of the silting would consequently consist entirely 

 of chalk rubble; after which mould would begin to be found, and 

 would thicken gradually, with time, up to the surface. The ditch 

 may, therefore be conveniently divided for the position of the objects 

 found in it, into two halves, above, and below, the 3ft. line. See 

 Section, PI. II, Some persons have supposed that, on account of 

 the quantities of made earth, often found above the chalk bottom, 

 these ditches must have been filled up intentionally ; but when — 

 as in this case— the chalk rubble is found entirely at the bottom 

 and the mould only at the top, it must be due to atmospheric causes, 



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