WORLE CAMP. AT 
been very similar to that of the Mandan lodges, and I can- 
not help thinking it possible that some of those circular 
barrows which are depressed in the centre, may not be se- 
pulchres, as is generally supposed, but the remains of huts 
constructed as here described, the earth of which has sunk 
in when the timber which supported it became too much 
decayed to sustain its weight. Now the fortified area 
which Ihave described, would no doubt accommodate a 
celosely packed population of from fifteen to twenty thou- 
sand persons, whose cattle might be tolerably secure 
within the outer enclosure, while the western extremity of 
the hill, protected by the massive ramparts of the rec- 
tangular fortification, occupying as they do the whole 
extent of the narrowest part of the hill, would afford an 
almost impregnable residence for themselves and their 
families. But it is not likely that the whole population 
constantly resided within these formidable ramparts; for 
there are traces of earth-works, and even some of these 
eircles, to be found much to the east of the outer enclosure ; 
and it is most likely that a straggling village at one time 
extended as far as Kew steps, to the east of which may 
be traced the remains of another rampart, which seems to 
have extended quite across the hill. 
The very curious pass known by that name is one of 
the most remarkable features of Worle Hill. It consists 
of a flight of upwards of two hundred steps, leading from 
the top of the hill to the little village of Kewstoke, and 
probably beyond it to the sea, which 2,000 years ago no 
doubt extended farther on that side than itdoes at present, 
and I think may safely be pronounced to have been the 
great landing place of the British town. 
A glance at the formation of the hill will serve to show 
that it would be very difficult to land any where to 
