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feet, and the ditch of corresponding depth. Both 

 height and depth are much diminished by the 

 denudation of ages. 



The Lo2ighton Camp, which is distant about 2 

 miles south-east of Ambresbury Banks, is a smaller 

 intrenchment containing 11 or 1 2 acres, but not 

 so well defined ; and is besides covered and partly 

 concealed by a dense growth of beeches dwarfed 

 by pollarding. There is even less symmetry of 

 outline ; and the constructors seem to have been 

 guided solely by the desire to take advantage of 

 every inequality for purposes of defence. To this 

 the commanding nature of the site — a promontory 

 projecting from a lev'el ridge, and overlooking 

 the marshy valley oi Dcbdcn Slade, more than 100 

 feet below it — lends itself Rabbits and foxes have 

 taken advantage of the bank, and their operations 

 have added to the destructive effects of time. 



In the course of the investigation of the camp 

 by the Essex Field Club, similar sections as in 

 the case of Ambresbury were cut through the 

 rampart and ditch, so as to expose the old surface- 

 line, or the original floor of earth upon which the 

 bank was piled. Here also were found many 

 flint "chips" and fragments of a primitive kind of 

 hand-made pottery, pointing to a British origin. 

 The excavation showed that the section of the 

 ditch in both camps was V-shaped, instead of the 

 more common flat-bottomed form. General Pitt- 

 Rivers says that the evidence before him is 

 "sufficient to identify the camp as pre-Roman, 

 and probably of a very early period." 



The view from this point towards the south is one 

 of the most extensive and beautiful in the Forest. 



Greensted Church. — Although five miles 



