By ALFRED POPE, F.S.A. 



theory of "The Dew-Ponds" is a subject 

 which must be approached with a good 

 deal of caution, for the further we carry 

 our investigations the more difficult does 

 the subject become, and grave doubts 

 arise whether the many ancient ponds so 

 ably described by Messrs. Hubbard in 

 their recent work on " Neolithic Dew- 

 Ponds and Cattle Ways," particularly 

 those in the immediate vicinity of Cissbury Ring and 

 Chanctonbury Ring, and that on Maiden Castle, near 

 Dorchester, and other so-called " dew-ponds " were really 

 " dew-ponds," in the strict sense of the word, but rather 

 rain or mist-ponds. 



In approaching the subject it is of course primarily neces- 

 sary to consider how dew is formed, and as to this there is 

 no unanimity of opinion. The old and popular theory, and 

 that favoured by Mr. A. E. Martin, F.G.S., who has made 

 the subject of " dew-ponds " a study and has given us the 



