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modern account of this camp is that by Mr. Walter Crouch, F.Z.S., 1 who, 

 from its form and position and by comparison with other early works, was 

 of opinion that it was probably a British settlement subsequently occu- 

 pied during the Roman period, 2 though others regard it as of Danish 

 origin, the view eloquently maintained by Mr. F. J. Norris. 8 



The peculiar position of the mound on the rampart is suggestive of 

 the much smaller work at Tempsford, Bedfordshire, which the Saxon 

 Chronicle leads us to believe was Danish and it is quite possible the 

 Danes altered an existing work at Uphall and added the mound. 



It is with sadness we have to record that little is left of the ancient 

 defences except the fragment of the rampart with the mound as shown 

 at the north-west end on plan. On the side facing the river Roding, the 

 rampart rises about 15 feet from the marsh, the mound being some 14 

 feet higher. 



WALLBURY, GREAT HALLINGBURY. Wallbury is of somewhat simi- 

 lar form to Loughton Camp in Epping Forest, but is of much larger 

 extent, containing about 35 acres, and instead of depending upon a single 

 bank and ditch, is mainly protected by a double rampart and two ditches. 



1 Essex Naturalist, vol. vii. 131. 



3 This view is strengthened by the recent discovery of Roman remains within the camp. 



3 Gentleman's Magazine, 1888, p. 370. 



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