42 SURVEYS OF VALLEY ENTRENCHMENTS. 



The terrace (" a " on plan) running south towards the 

 N.E. angle, is of very slight elevation. There are well- 

 marked cultivation terraces on the hill above, and this may 

 have been produced by the same system of cultivation. 

 There are also indications that the interior rise (" d " on 

 plan) bordering the southern rampart, may be due to cultiva- 

 tion of the ground above. It would appear from the plan 

 that this forms the continuation of the strong scarp (" b " 

 on plan) which approaches the S.E. angle. The arrow, 

 shown at the S.W. end of the dotted line representing the 

 base of the valley, indicates the direction in which the latter 

 ascends. 



Fig. 3. 



VALLEY ENTRENCHMENTS IN TENANT'S BOTTOM, ALTON 

 PANCRAS. 



In the valley-proper enclosures (type C of the provisional 

 classification) are included all those which appear to have 

 been so designed as to enclose not only the valley floor but 

 portions of each side of the valley as well. This is our rarest 

 type in Sussex, only one perfect example being recorded. 

 (13) The largest, though imperfect, valley entrenchment 

 at Beltout a Bronze Age work is also a valley-proper 

 enclosure. 



The two small but extremely interesting entrenchments 

 of Tenant's Bottom occupy the centre of a narrow coombe 

 which fines out on Rake Hill, in the direction of the arrow, 

 some 200 to 300 yards from the western entrenchment. 

 The ramparts traversing the valley are extended uphill on 

 each side, so that their north and south sides run approxi- 

 mately parallel to, but at a higher elevation than, the valley 

 floor. It will thus be seen that these two enclosures form 



13. " Ancient Cultivations," by R. Blaker, Sussex Arch. Coll., Vol. 

 XLV. 



