ANCIENT DEFENSIVE EARTHWORKS 



CLAPPER'S HILL. See Coughton. 



CLAVERDON (5 miles west of Warwick). Here are well preserved 

 remains of a small oval camp, hidden away in the brambles of Barmoor 

 Wood, on the western confines of the parish, 600 yards north-west of 

 Kington Grange. It is situated upon the southern edge of a slight 

 elevation, with extensive views all round. The little river Alne runs 

 not far away from its north and west sides, and would no doubt afford 

 good natural protection in former days, when its waters would spread out 

 into marsh and swamp along its course. 





CLAVERDON 



A. D. 1875, after Burg-ess 



SCALE OF FEET 

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Mr. Burgess was the first to discover and describe these earthworks. 

 From his account, the entrenchment appears to be almost oval in form, 

 enclosing a raised plateau of about 3! acres in extent ; this is defended 

 by a very perfect vallum and fosse, with portions of a second vallum be- 

 yond ; ' the inner vallum is about 20 feet broad at its base, and there 

 appears to have been a smaller one, or perhaps the ledge for a stockade, 

 nearer the ditch ' ; ' the outer vallum is considerably modified by the 

 fence which surrounds it.' Mr. Burgess describes the fosse as 20 feet 



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