A HISTORY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 



Major Rooke thus speaks 

 of the camp : ' These works 

 appear to have continued east- 

 ward beyond the hedge into an 

 enclosed field, where there is 

 hardly any trace of the ditch ; 

 an old native remembered it 

 extending a long way in that 

 direction. It has had a double 

 ditch and vallum ; but the 

 plough has destroyed a great 

 part of it.' l 



The portion then re- 

 maining showed a rectangular 

 plan 1,251 ft. long and 720 ft. 





CASTLE HILL, CAR COLSTON 



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HILL, ARNOLD. 



wide, its long axis 

 lying due north- 

 east by south-west. 

 Beyond the sur- 

 rounding vallum 

 and fosse, on the 

 south-east side, was 

 a platform and the 

 remains of an outer 

 vallum and fosse. 

 Two entrances 

 were visible, almost 

 opposite each other, 

 one in each of the 

 long sides. Near 

 the north-western 

 works, and presum- 

 ably about the cen- 

 tre of the original 

 length, was an en- 

 closure 5 1 ft. square. 

 Several Roman 

 coins have been 

 found here. 



CAR COLSTON. 

 On Castle Hill, 

 ij miles north of 

 Bingham, is a large 



1 Arch, x, 378. 



