ON ANCIENT CAMPS AND EARTHWORKS. 107 
Bradford. To the west the view extends to the Channel, 
and to the south-east far into Wiltskire. Communication 
might be made by signal with the other camps along the 
line of Wansdyke and those on the Wiltshire downs. 
Directly in front of it, on the other side of the river, is 
another earth-work of great interest, called Little Salisbury 
or Sulisbury, but which is not in the line of the Wansdyke, 
and must therefore not at present come under notice. This 
promontory, or lingula, is cut off from the adjoining por- 
tion of the hill by a deep trench and mound, which can be 
very distinctly traced from the top of Bathwick-Hill to 
the verge of Claverton-Park ; a wall runs on the whole 
lensth of it. The circuit enclosed is thirty acres. On 
the east side it is very precipitous, but the traces of it here 
have been much injured, and in places quite effaced, by 
the stone quarries which have been worked in years past. 
However the northern entrance and the road or track-way 
leading to it is very perfect, and this track-way may be 
traced through the settlement and the southern approach, 
which seems to have been about the place of the present 
handgate. The point towards Bath, and overlooking the 
rich vale through which the Avon flows before reaching 
the eity has been scarped, and so rendered less accessible, 
while traces of a rampart are still visible. The divisions 
into which this settlement has been formed are very dis- 
tinetly marked. From Little Salısbury, the hill opposite, 
a little before sun-set in the spring or autumn, you may 
very clearly discern the enclosures by the long shadows 
which the mounds cast. Each family or clan seems to have 
had its allotted space, which was enclosed by a mound, and 
no doubt either on or in front of that mound was a palisade. 
There are also remnants of hut cireles to be seen at various 
points, several barrows are also eontaine«l within the enclos- 
