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ANCIENT DEFENSIVE EARTHWORKS 



of the histories of these moated mount castles being entered into ; they 

 will be dealt with in later topographical sections. 



BEAUSALE (4 miles north-west of Warwick). The somewhat worn 

 remains of an oval entrenchment are to be seen upon an eminence called 

 Camphill in this hamlet, about i miles south of Honiley parish church ; 

 a farmhouse stands just within it at the end nearest the high road. 



The camp is situated upon a little hill which projects eastwards 

 from the ridge of high ground running from Honiley to Haseley ; it 

 overlooks the valley along which the Inchford brook takes its course 

 towards Kenilworth a couple of miles away ; it has an extensive 



BEAUSALE 



A.D 1837 after Bloxam 



SCALE OF FEET 



IOO 2OO 3OO 



prospect. In form the earthwork is roughly egg-shaped, with its broadest 

 end towards the west ; it has a raised interior plateau of about 

 5^ acres, which is surrounded by a rampart, now much worn ; 

 beyond this is a wide ditch, evidently far less deep than it once was, 

 and outside the latter, remains of a second rampart are discernible here 

 and there, more especially upon the north and east ; some parts of the 

 ditch contain water. These defences have become much less imposing 

 during the last three-quarters of a century, owing both to the effects of 

 natural denudation and to the operations of the agriculturist ; a plan 



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