THE DOMAIN OF THE RED DEER. 9 



Somerset for some five -and- twenty miles. Showls- 

 barrow Castle is the name of this westernmost hill ; 

 '* Castle '\because there is on the summit an old Roman 

 encampment with ramparts and fosses complete, doubt- 

 less in communication by beacon with Clovelly Dikes 

 (a still larger camp) forty miles to south and west. 

 Due south of Showlsbarrow, and about four miles dis- 

 tant, is a smaller camp on much lower ground, called 

 Moccombe. This boundary range, the southern wall 

 of Exmoor, bears various names as it trends eastward ; 

 Five Barrows (there are five mounds still to be seen 

 — supposed old British tombs), Filedon Ridge, One 

 Barrow Down, Two Barrow Down, then, turning more 

 sharply southward. North Molton Ridge (whereon the 

 Bampfyldes dwell), and, eastward again, Anstey Com- 

 mon and Dulverton Common. All except these two 

 last, which alone are heathery, are clothed with rank 

 yellow sedge- grass, and generally very "wet" on 

 the top. 



The rivers rise just behind and to north-west of 

 Showlsbarrow. First the Bade,* trickling away from 

 a pool (artificially made) called Pinkworthyf Pond — a 



* Berghel in old records. 



f "Worthy" — meadow. Pink meadow, bound to be a boggy- 

 one. 



