16 THIRD ANNUAL MEETING. 
Che Erximesion. 
N reaching the point of the hill at Anchor Head, the 
party left the carriages and scaled the defences of the 
ancient camp. After a brief breathing time, they scoured 
through the camp, led to the important points of the fast- 
ness by the indefatigable writer of the able disquisition 
which had just been read, and whose thorough conversance 
with the details of the fortifications, so well qualified him 
for the post of a leader on the occasion. The party then 
crossed the hill on foot to Kew Steps. Here attention was 
called to a large but shallow pit on the open down, in which 
it was stated no water remained as in neighbouring hollows. 
It was surmised that an extensive cavity existed beneath 
it. Aftera short controversy as to the origin of the cylin- 
drical furrows in a depression or excavation at the top of 
the pass, the party descended the steps; here their leader 
pointed out the remains of flanking masonry built with 
the evident intention of narrowing the pass, and termina- 
ting at a spot, which he indicated, with a strong gateway. 
Presumptive evidence was thus offered that the pass had 
been constructed for military purposes, and in times much 
more remote than hitherto surmised. At Kewstoke, the 
party were received by the Rev. R. C. HATHwAY, vicar, 
and after an inspection of the church, and its most inter- 
esting feature, the old Norman doorway, re-entered the 
carriages, and proceeded to the ancient Priory of 
Woodspring. 
