A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



of the eastern extension of the steep Ilmington Hills, and it lies close to 

 the ordnance survey cairn which marks an altitude of 761 feet. The 

 works are square with slightly rounded corners ; they cover less than 

 three-quarters of an acre. The fosse which encloses the area is very 

 perfect, and within its interior is a second ditch. 



These small 

 remains have fre- 

 quently been de- 

 scribed as Roman, 

 and a few Roman 

 coins and pot- 

 sherds which have 

 been turned up on 

 the hill have sup- 

 ported the theory. 1 

 This is however 

 unlikely ; the 

 place would seem 

 rather to be the 

 site of an early 

 moated home- 

 stead. 



IPSLEY (7 

 miles north of Al- 

 cester). On the 

 left bank of the 

 little river Ar- 

 row, and half a 

 mile south of the 

 village church, are 

 important remains 

 of an entrenched 

 camp. 



Like that at 

 Chesterton, this 

 camp is placed in 

 a sheltered valley 

 instead of on a 

 hill. It is approxi- 

 mately a square in 

 shape, but with 



its south-east angle cut away into a sloping curve ; two of its corners, 

 those to the north-east and north-west, are rectangular ; it covers an 

 area of about 4 acres. The defences consist of a rampart, which ex- 

 tends for the greater part of the way round it, and there are slight 



p. 5 ; Timh.i Burgess in Brit. Arch. Assoc. Journ. (1873), p. 38 ; Timmins's Warw. p. 68. 



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