A HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE 



SECTION *TA.8. 



CHERBURV CAMP, LONGWORTH. 



have been ploughed away on the south, and much of the remainder has 

 been similarly removed. 



The only entrance was on the east, and there does not appear 



to have been any special 

 strengthening of the de- 

 fences at this point. 



A polished flint celt 

 with flattened sides and 

 faceted edge was found here 

 some years ago. 1 



UFFINGTON CASTLE. 

 Above Uffington the high 

 ridge of Downs which runs 

 &ill! from Streatley, comes to an 

 abrupt termination, and con- 

 tinues westward at a lower 

 level ; the highest point be- 

 fore the declivity begins has 

 been utilised for an extensive 

 camp. The natural advan- 

 tages of the spot are further 

 enhanced by the extreme 

 steepness of the slope to the 

 north into a deep gully known as ' The Manger.' 



The camp is surrounded by a vallum and fosse, and without this 

 again are traces of a second vallum. There is but one gateway, to the 

 west, where the rampart is re- 

 turned. It stands about 900 

 feet above the sea level, and 

 commands an extensive view in 

 every direction, especially to- 

 wards the north. 



The Ridge-way or Ick- 

 nield-way runs close by the 

 southern side of the entrench- 

 ments, and the White Horse is 

 cut on the northern slope of 

 the hill. 



Gough mentions it by the 

 name of Uffington or Woolston 

 Castle. 8 



The ramparts were investi- 

 gated some years ago by Mr. 



Atkins, who found some round holes, in which he supposed small tree 

 trunks to have been inserted as a basis for wattle-work. 



i Cough's Camden, i. 224. Lysons Mag. Brit. i. 214, 315. Davey, Wantage Past and Present, 23. 

 * Cough's Camden's Britannia, i. 221-2. Lysons' Magna Britannia, i. 213-4. Tram. Newbury 

 Dist. Field Club, i. 149, 150, 181. 



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UFFINGTON CASTLE. 



