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Notes and Comments. 



announced, would be presented to the Hull Museum, in recogni- 

 tion of the friendly assistance given by the members of the Hull 

 Geological Society to Dr. Rowe and Mr. Sherborn when in 

 Yorkshire. 



ANCIENT EARTHWORKS. 

 There are many interesting earthworks distributed up and 

 down the country which it would be well to have thoroughlv 

 explored before they are for ever defaced by agricultural or 

 other operations. Carefully-prepared drawings and descriptions 

 are consequently always welcome. A very interesting tvpe of 





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TowTop Kirk: Bampton. 



Plan of Ancient Earthworks. 



•earthwork, probably British, shown in the accompanying plan, 

 has just been described by Miss Noble.* This is known as 

 Towtop Kirk, and is situated at Bampton, Penrith. The earth- 

 work is an irregular circle, about 150 feet in diameter, and 

 encloses 'hut circles,' etc. During 1902 a detailed examination 

 of this site was made under the direction of Mr. W. G. 

 Collingwood, full particulars of which are given by Miss Noble 

 in her interesting paper. 



*Trans. Cumb. and WestmorLind Antiq. and Arch. Soc, 1903, p. 265. 



Naturalist, 



