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The view from it is extensive, and, within a radius of less 

 than two miles, six other camps of the olden times can be 

 seen. But the most interesting objects on this hill, are some 

 curious and mysterious sculpturings on the scalp of rocks 

 protruding from beneath the soil. One of these is within the 

 camp, and the other is about 200 yards to the eastward of it. 

 These sculpturings are incised concentric circles with a cen- 

 tral hollow, from which a straight incised line or groove pro- 

 ceeds through the series of circles and beyond them. They 

 are of the same family character as those on the Routing 

 Linn, Doddington, and old Bewick stones ; but the largest 

 figure is seen at Chatton Law ; for one there is three feet in 

 diameter, and consists of seven concentric circles. 



After leaving the Law, one party took the direct route to 

 Chillingham ; but another, under the guidance of Mr. Lang- 

 lands, crossed the wild moorlands, passing by ancient fortlets, 

 cairns, and sepulchres to Ros Castle, the highest sandstone 

 hill in the district, and rising to the height of 1000 feet above 

 the sea level. This hill is crested with a camp, whose age is 

 indicated by its name ; for both words are Celtic, RJios mean- 

 ing moist land or a moor, and Castell being a late Celtic word 

 for a fortress. After enjoying for a while the magnificent 

 view which this height commands, the party entered into 

 Chillingham Park and examined Hebburn Tower — one of the 

 Peles or Bastiles, as they are called, which are peculiar to the 

 Border land — grim, square, massive buildings, once the 

 strong residences of the lesser barons and gentry, but now 

 deserted and crumbling away. With ruined walls clad with 

 ivy or crusted with lichens, they are picturesque features in 

 the landscape, but they vividly remind us of the time, when 

 before the Union of England and Scotland under one sove- 

 reign, such strongholds were necessary for the protection of 

 life and property against Border marauders. 



Chillingham Park, one of the most beautiful in the north 

 of England, is enclosed by a high stone wall, and contains, it 

 is said, about 2000 acres. The ground is undulating and 

 somewhat broken ; woods clothe the hill sides and clumps of 



