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seems to twist itself into a knot, and thus constitute the Rath, 

 to which we suppose the name refers. As these mounds have 

 never been opened, we cannot affirm positively that they are in 

 no degree sepulchral. 



There is a large mound of this kind at Cropton, north-west 

 of Pickering ; near it are tumuli and double dikes, and not far 

 off the well-known Roman Camps. At Duggleby, near Malton, 

 and at Bishop Burton, near Beverley, are great mounds of the 

 same general character. 



The mound of Barwick in Elmet is one of the most remark- 

 able of these works, and must be regarded as combining the 

 character which we have endeavoured to assign to the Rath, with 

 the strength of a military post. The centre of this system of 

 works is a conical mass about 28 yards above the general level, 

 surrounded by a ditch about 2 yards below that level. The 

 outer edge of this ditch is about 270 yards round. A flat four- 

 sided space surrounds the ditch, about 150 yards by 120, and 

 is terminated by a bank. The bank is curved on the west 

 against naturally steep ground; very bold and rather sinuous 

 on the south against an old hollow road ; straight against another 

 road on the north ; and distinctly traceable on the east. There 

 is a space at the S.E. angle where the bank is deficient, and an 

 entrance is practicable to the ditch and inner mound (see the 

 Plan of this work, PI. 35). 



If this be admitted as a British fortress, the same claim may 

 probably be urged for the somewhat smaller camp at Hutton 

 Ambo, and the still smaller entrenchment at Langton. 



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The post at Hutton Ambo, on the right bank of the Derwent, 

 is known by the name of Gateskeugh. It is of a rhomboidal 

 figure, with the angles much rounded off. The external bound- 

 ary is on three sides a deep ditch excavated in the calcareous 

 gritstone, the materials being thrown inward to constitute a 



