ON ANCIENT CAMPS AND EARTHWORRS. 190! 
The name of this fortress is connected with that of an 
interesting Druidical temple not very far distant, but 
situated nearer to the next camp, Maes Knoll, than to the 
camp at Stantonbury. We have Stanton Drew, with its 
temple similar to that of Stonehenge, only three or four 
miles distant. The two fortresses, Stantonbury and Maes 
Knoll, may have been for the protection of this seat of 
religious worship and administration of publie justice. As 
Stonehenge served as a central spot for the worship and 
judicial assemblies of the people towards the east of the 
Belgie settlements, so Stanton Drew may have served this 
purpose towards the west. Stanton is, I apprehend, 
“ Stone Town :” the word Bury, in its primary significa- 
tion, denoted a place of defence. From these places of 
defence being situated on eminences, so that the approach 
to them should be more diftieult, they obtained the name 
of Burgs, and Stantonbury would be the strong place or 
fortification of Stanton. 
The next earth-work which calls for our attention is the 
camp of Maes Knoll, which is also attached to the Wans- 
dyke. This camp will well repay a visit : it is one of the 
most interesting I have examined, on account of the great 
height of the agger at the western end, and the depth of 
the foss. It is defended on three sides, by the nature of 
the ground ; the form is irregular, being adapted to the 
shape of the hill, which is the extreme eastern end of the 
Dundry ridge. It is admirably caleulated for observation 
and defence. At the spot where we find the huge agger 
and deep foss, the ridge is contracted to a neck of land, 
one hundred and thirty yards across, The agger rises 
forty-five feet above the level of the enclosure, is twenty- 
five feet broad, and slopes into the foss with a declivity of 
sixty feet. The escarpments of the hill on the south and 
