ANCIENT EARTHWORKS 



lacks the outer rampart towards the south ; towards the north an im- 

 penetrable hedge prevents examination. The dotted Hnes within the 

 enclosure show certain entrenchments, as indicated upon the Ordnance 

 Survey map. Perhaps the surveyors examined the place at a time 

 when the timber was cut down, but the writer could find little or no 

 signs of this internal work, only in fact a shapeless heap with two deep 

 holes, possibly wells, in about the position shown on the plan. The 

 north portion of the enclosure is too dense to explore, except perhaps in 

 the depth of winter in dry weather. 



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Although we have included such low-banked and slightly pro- 

 tected inclosures in this section it is doubtful whether they are, in some 

 cases, anything more than banked and ditched sites of ancient woods 

 reserved, maybe, for the preservation of beasts of the chase.' It has 

 even been suggested that the Shingleton banks and ditches were the 

 bounds within the circuit of which fairs were held in olden days, but 

 authority is lacking. 



> See notes on Preston Wood, Aylesford and Mangravel Wood, Maidstone. 

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