ANCIENT EARTHWORKS 



and fosse are now of no great strength, and a great portion of the latter 

 contains water. The escarpment varies from 4 ft, on the north-west to 6 ft. 

 on the south-west, but the rampart has largely been absorbed in gardening 

 operations. 



Stowlangtoft (xxxiv, 15). — The Church of St. George — 7 miles east- 

 by-north from Bury St. Edmunds — is situated within the entrenchments of 

 an oblong camp. The circumvallation consisted of a double vallum and 

 fosse. The works are most clearly defined on the eastern and northern sides 

 of the churchyard ; on the east the inner fosse is 3 ft. deep and 15 ft. 

 wide, the outer one is the same depth, but only 10 ft. broad ; the depth is 

 retained on the north, but the fosse narrows to 8 ft. The road from 

 Pakenham to Stowlangtoft borders, and has destroyed, the southern side 

 of the camp, leaving a scarp only, 6 ft. deep. A spear-head and coins 

 have been found here. 



Sutton (Ixxvii, 10). — In Bussack Wood, 4 miles south-east from 

 Woodbridge, a small circular camp may be traced, of slight elevation with 

 an indication of a fosse on the south-eastern side, which is also just visible on 

 the north. 



MOUNTS 



(Class D) 



Burgh (Ixvii, 10). — In ' Castle Field,' north of the church, 3J miles 

 north-west-by-west from Woodbridge, faint indications of a mount and fosse 

 are discernible within an angle of a Roman camp ; an example of the utiliza- 

 tion of early entrenchments by a later people. The whole area being under 

 cultivation the plough has nearly obliterated the works. The description of 

 the earlier entrenchments will be found in Class C. 



Combs (Ivi, 10). — In 'Jack's Grove' plantation, north-west of the 

 village. If miles south-west from Stowmarket, is a small circular mount. A 

 shallow fosse and outer bank remain around the northern half. 



Great Ashfield (xxxiv, 16). — 'Castle Hill,' in Parker's Wood, south- 

 east of Hunston, 8 miles north-east- 

 by east from Bury St. Edmunds, 

 is a very rotund mount. It is 

 1 30 ft. in diameter at the base 

 and rises to a height of 24 ft. 

 An irregular circle in plan, it has 

 an ovalsummit slightly depressed — 

 or saucer-shaped — in the middle. 

 A fosse, 18 ft. wide and 7 ft. 

 deep at its highest part, com- 

 pletely surrounds it. 



G R o T o N (Ixxiii, 1 5) . — 

 ' Pytches Mount ' is situated in 

 Groton Park, 5J miles east from 

 Sudbury. The mount, nearly 

 200 ft. in diameter at the base. 



Castli Hill, Great Ashfield 



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