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ANCIENT EARTHWORKS 



It is open to doubt, perhaps, whether this dew-pond is of any 

 great antiquity, but the rainwater pond probably is of the same age as 

 the camp, because the ramparts have been modified so as to supply it 

 with rainwater. This pro- 

 vision for the storage of water, 

 taken in conjunction with the 

 lowness of the ramparts, 

 points possibly to this hav- 

 ing been a refuge camp for 

 the enclosure of cattle rather 

 than a strictly military work. 

 Strengthened by palisading 

 the ramparts would probably 

 be sufficient for such a pur- 

 pose, whilst no amount of 

 palisading would make them 

 really formidable defences 

 against a powerful foe. 



WoLST ANBURY. This 



camp is situated on an out- 

 lying spur of the downs above Hurstpierpoint. It is essentially a hill-top 

 camp, following the contour of the hill in such a way as to enclose the 

 platform on the top of the hill and, at the same time, to utilize the steep 

 slopes to their full extent as defensive features. The result is a more or 

 less circular work about 250 yards in diameter. 



The natural steepness of the sides of this hill rendered it possible 

 to employ a method of fortification which is sometimes, but not often, 

 employed for hill-top defences. Instead of throwing the earth dug 

 from the fosse up the hill towards the interior of the camp, it was 

 thrown downwards, the rampart being built up below or outside the 

 fosse. We thus find that the fosse has been constructed within the 

 rampart, a reasonable and sensible method of construction by which a 

 great economy of labour was effected. This method of construction 

 has been followed throughout, excepting in those parts to the north 

 and east where the steep end of a natural ravine runs close up to the 

 work and artificial defence is unnecessary. 



There is an outwork running across the neck of land by which 

 this spur is connected with the main chain of the downs. 



Neolithic implements are found here in some numbers. To the 

 west of the camp, and just outside the ramparts, are several shallow 

 pits which may possibly have been the sites of huts or dwellings. 



Devil's Dyke. — This is a large, important and remarkable earth- 

 work occupying the level top of a spur or section of the South Downs 

 between five and six miles to the north-west of Brighton Pavilion. 

 It occupies a prominent position and commands extensive and beautiful 

 views. Indeed, it is the best known view-point on the Sussex Downs. 

 It commands not only a large part of the Weald, but also is visible 



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