ANCIENT DEFENSIVE EARTHWORKS 



Gentleman's Magazine described the ' old camp ' upon ' Danes' Bank ' as 

 defended by ' deep trenches.' 1 



Local tradition says that Danish soldiers once occupied these earth- 

 works, whence they attacked and destroyed Coughton, and the now long 

 forgotten hamlet of Wyke, close by. 



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An interesting moated area, which is also connected by local 

 tradition with the camp, is to be seen in a field, to the south of the road 



Gent.'s Mag. (1784), pt. i, p. 404. 

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