ANCIENT EARTHWORKS 



In the south valley is the Little Dart river, and a long stretch of marshy land prohibits the 

 rapid approach of an ejiemy. 



CoRNWooD (O.S. cxxv, 2). — Six miles east of Plympton Earle, just above Ivybridge Station, 

 a quadrilateral camp is upon Henlake Dowrn. It has been defended by a single vallum and fosse. 



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but a modern road has mutilated the south-eastern portion, and the entrance, formerly at the 

 southern extremity, has been destroyed. 



Its position upon the clifF-like heights was one of great security. 



CoRNwoRTHY. — Four-and-a-half miles south-east of Totnes' are a few traces of a camp, said 

 to be Roman. 



CouNTisBURY. — One-and-a-half miles north-east of Lynmouth the remains of an agger with 

 an escarpment of 38 ft. and fosse occupy a rugged ridge between the River Lyn and the sea. 



CuLLOMPTON (O.S. Ivi, 4). — Remains of a small camp in Hillersdon Wood, 2i miles south- 

 east of Tiverton. 



DiTTisHAM (O.S. cxxvii, 1 1). — North-east of Capton and near Bruckton Cross, is a plateau 

 camp of simple structure, on a gentle swell of land overlooking the Dart from the north-east. 



An irregular ellipse in plan, its only defence apparently consisted in its elevated position, and 

 probably a palisade. 



It is almost equidistant from the river, with another camp on the opposite bank in Brixham parish. 



DuNSFORD (O.S. Ixxix, 1 5). — Cotleigh Castle, 4 miles south-west of Exeter, is a plateau camp 

 of irregular plan. It is situated on a ridge of high ground between the valleys of the Rivers Exe 

 and Teign, to the east of Cotleigh Wood. The camp rises 1 2 ft. on the escarpment on the west 

 side, and but half that height on the east, with the probable entrance by a sloping ascent at the 

 south-west. 



Dunterton (O.S. xcvi, 15). — On the high eastern bank of the River Tamar, about 800 feet 

 from the stream, south-west of Woodtown Farm, and north-west of Palmerscleave Wood, is the 





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site of a small circular camp, now almost levelled with the ground. At the time of inspection for 

 this work the plough was being guided over the spot, where a gradually swelling mound reveals the 

 position of the rampart, but all signs of an entrance are obliterated. 



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