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of Somersetshire. The stone has been worked here to such 
an extent that it has completely changed the surface of 
the ground. It is said to have stood on the bold summit 
of a projeeting point of hill just above Cottage Crescent, 
between the two roads leading to Wells, and near where 
the fosse road must have passed. It had certainly nothing 
to do with the Wansdyke or the Belgie settlement, and 
was probably an outpost of the Romans, such as we find 
on Lansdown, and probably at Combe Down, where 
the stone slab which is described in the Proceedings 
of the Society was found last year,* and which seems to 
identify that spot as a Roman military station. Follow- 
ing the line of Wansdyke which may be traced, as it is 
stated, on Newton Farm, to the south of Newton-Park, we 
come to Stantonbury Camp, which seems to have been one 
of the Belgie fortresses in its line. The camp lies to the 
south side of it, and is placed on the summit of an elevated 
and insulated eminence, commanding a wide range of 
country, and could communicate by signal with the camp 
on Bathwick-hill, with that on Maes Knoll, and with a 
fortress of similar construction on Lansdown, of which I 
shall hope hereafter to take notice—although not lying 
within the Belgie boundary, and probably not a work of 
that people. 'The area of Stantonbury Camp is about 
thirty acres, and divided by a ditch into two portions : it 
follows the natural formation of the ground. The northern 
portion is nearly straight, having a bank and ditch, which 
is supposed to be a continuation of Wansdyke. The sides 
of the hill appear to have been scarped, and platforms may 
be observed near the entrances, where slingers could be 
placed for the purposes of defence. We observe this pecu- 
liarity in all the camps of this construction. 
* See Proceedings of the Somerset Archxological and Natural History 
Society, Vol. V. for 1854. 
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