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t'eet in deptli, and about four f'eet above eacli other, not 

 placed regularly one over the other, but almost llke scales, 

 the whole finishing with a parapet, which acts as a breast- 

 work to an internal platform. The outer face of the ram- 

 part is of piled masonry, sloping inwards very considerably, 

 so that in fact the very steep side of the natural hill, and 

 that of tlie artlficial rampart, which is not very much 

 steepei", are fortified on nearly tlie same plan. This Avould 

 certainly cnable the Britons, who were celebrated as 

 slingers, to use their weapons with great effect against an 

 attacking force ; the immense number of pebbles well cal- 

 culated for sling-stones, which have been found immedi- 

 ately within this rampart, were no doubt intended for this 

 mode of defence. 



F. WAKRE. 



