A HISTORY OF KENT 



Maps show over 5,200 ft. length of similar work ending at the bank 

 of the river Bewlt. 



Some light on their original purpose may, perhaps, be afforded by 

 the case of the remains in Chingley Wood. This manor was divided 

 in Queen Elizabeth's reign, when Thomas Darrell sold a moiety of 

 it to William Campion. 



Is it not likely the bank was then raised to mark the boundary 

 between their lands ? 



LiTTLEBouRNE : FiSHPooL HiLL. — Some traces of scarping or 

 banks, possibly indicative of ancient defensive work, are traceable in the 

 wood close to the road between Canterbury and Sandwich. 



Newenden : Castle Toll. — This earthwork occupies the extreme 

 end of a tongue of land projecting east-north-east into the low marsh 



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Castle Toll, Newenden. 



land between the river Rother and its tributary the Hexden Channel, 

 which runs from the north-west and joins the Rother a mile and a 

 quarter south-east. The enclosed portion is about 20 ft. above sea-level. 

 The position was naturally defended on the west, north and east by the 

 morass or wet marsh (now drained), and probably when the fortress was 

 constructed the tidal water approached closely on these sides. The 

 entrenchments are simple, consisting of a fosse with the ballast thrown 

 inward to form a rampart, once of considerable length. The soil being 

 gravel and clay, the height of the rampart and depth of the ditch have 

 been greatly reduced ; moreover the work has been under the spade of 

 the explorer, or mutilated in removing material for agricultural purposes, 

 and coneys have found the bank a handy burrowing place. 



The north-east corner, like that on the south-west, is higher than 

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