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According to the dimensions given by Maclean, this fort 

 must have been in' size very similar to the Roman camp at 

 Tregaer by Nanstallon, and would therefore have held the 

 Cohort of 480 (or more") men. 



The next camp of the same form was pointed out to me by 

 one of the Ordnance surveyors. It is 3 miles further inland, 

 and is nestled unseen close to the next great British earthwork, 

 Castle Killibury or Kelly Rounds. To reach this spot, from 

 Trevinick, a river had to be crossed. This was accomplished at 

 Amble, and the spot is named in Romano-British fashion 

 Penpont.* 



Corporal Frederick West, R.E., thus described the camp to 

 me when he surveyed it in 1879, — at the same time enclosing a 

 tracing of its plan, which shews its corners rounded off : — 



"The ancient camp is almost north of Kelly Rounds. It 

 consists of the eastern angle, which is rectangular, ditch about 

 10 feet wide, and banks which are very steep. One can trace the 

 ditch by a slight ridge going westward, I should imagine that 

 the camp was extensive and square ; if so the road from Wade- 

 bridge to Camelford would occasion the destruction of the 

 northern part of it. 



Mr. Grose of Wadebridge told me he could recollect the 

 remains much more extensive, and added, that much of it had 

 quite recently been levelled. It is only -^ of a mile north of 

 Kelly Rounds, and, though so near, it cannot be seen from them. 

 It commands a most extensive view northward. I should think 

 the remains could never have formed an advanced trench to 

 Kelly Rounds, or have been in any way connected with that 

 formidable defence, but was rather thrown up as near as possible 

 in order to facilitate attack." 



From the drawing, accompanying his description, the work 

 appears to have been similar, in form and size, to the two other 

 quadrate camps near, and therefore, like them, it could have 

 contained the cohort. 



Supposing that the troops intrenched in it succeeded in 

 subduing the Britons in Kelly Rounds, they could then have 

 marched 4 J miles further inland on their southern course, and 



* Pons, (Lat.) — bridge, whence Pont, which became part of Cornish language. 



