A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



by a vallum and by a fosse two-thirds of its circumvallation. The rampart is very considerably 

 worn away, but in parts is still nearly five feet in height, the escarpment is 1 2 ft. and counterscarp 

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which the fosse is carried. At the north-west the rampart widens at the south of the entrance ; 

 but the place of entry is now excavated for a gravel-pit, of great size and 40 ft. in depth. 

 Two streams flow at the north of the camp. 



Chawleigh (O.S. xliii, 6). — On the curve of a hill 493 ft, above the sea, but of no great 

 height above the surrounding country, an earthwork near West Burridge Farm presents no special 

 feature of a military character. The slightly raised mound with the ditch of an irregular crescent- 

 form, is only a portion of that which once existed. It is situated some distance from the left bank of 

 the River Little Dart ; but a spring which rises within 200 ft. would have supplied water to those 

 occupying this simple enclosure. It is too mutilated to discern the place of entrance, which was 

 possibly on the north side. Lysons speaks of a camp here with a double vallum. 



Chittlehampton (O.S. xxi, 13). — A small rectangular camp is situated on the summit of 

 a gentle slope above a stream to the north of Brightley Barton. It is only 120 ft. long by 32 ft. 

 wide, and the interior accommodation is very limited, the surrounding vallum restricting the area 

 to 102 ft. long by 14 ft. wide. The two entrances are on the east side, at the two extreme ends 

 of the eastern rampart, which is 5 ft. in height. This cannot be regarded as an outpost, as there 

 are no remains of a greater camp in the neighbourhood, but appears more likely to have been a 

 shelter for a pastoral people in the midst of grazing grounds. 



Chulmleigh (O.S. xliii, i). — 'The Castle' is situated on the top of a ridge of hills 2 miles 



from Chulmleigh town. The 

 position is naturally defended 

 on the north-east and the 

 south-west by the rapid de- 

 clivity of the range. Here 

 are the imperfect remains of 

 a series of ramparts without 

 ditches. The entrance on 

 the west is flanked on each 

 side by an agger ranging from 

 three to five feet in height, 

 returning inwards, and con- 

 taining a circular chamber 

 within its curve on each side. 

 These were doubtless hut 

 circles which, from the lack 

 of stone, were of earth only. 

 Another similar circle is with- 

 in the northern curve of the 

 agger, and two others in the 

 southern curve. Beyond this 

 habitable portion is a ram- 

 part nearly three feet in 

 height from the outside, which has every appearance of having formed a perfect cincture, though 

 now only two sides exist. 



On the east, or the most vulnerable side, the rampart is heavier and an additional defence is 

 projected. To the south of the entrance, on the exterior, is a mound or tumulus. 



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