ANCIENT EARTHWORKS 



The bold agger at the north-west is now in course 

 of demolition, and will be levelled by the time these 

 lines are published. 



Stokenham. — In Widdecombe Wood, near Tor- 

 cross, is a plateau camp of oval form ; one long side — the 

 western — only is left. 



Stoke Gabriel (O.S. cxxi, i6). — On the eastern 

 side of the estuary of the Dart the site of a simple camp 

 is visible. 



Stoke Rivers (O.S. x, 14). — Five miles north-east 

 of Barnstaple, on high ground between Stoke Rivers and 

 Beer. Nothing is left but a plateau, defended only by 

 its height of 6 ft. above the surrounding soil. The road 

 to Stoke Rivers has been cut to a depth of 8 ft. right 

 through the camp. A tributary of the Yeo flows half a 

 mile to the north. 



Stoke Rivers (O.S. x, 15). — Within about one 

 mile of the last another simple camp is to be seen by 

 Smay's Wood. On a hill over 1,000 ft. above the sea level 

 a steep declivity, towards the tributary of the Yeo. 

 east, south and western sides a fosse may be traced 

 and forms the strongest defence 







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is a small oval camp on the verge of 



Cultivation has levelled its defences, but on its 



The north descends precipitously some 60 ft., 



So far as it is possible to determine, the entrance was at the 



north-west. 



Stowford (O.S. Ixxxvi, 12). — Near Castle Farm, to the 

 east of Lifton, near the Cornish border, are the remains of a 

 camp which has given the name to the farm. On the summit 

 of a swell is all that is left of an ancient elliptical stronghold, 

 divided into three portions by field fences, and as it is ploughed 

 over year by year, it is a marvel that anything is now visible. 

 The eastern side, under grass, is the most interesting. Here 

 the ground rapidly descends to the edge of a precipitous bank 

 of a small tributary of the River Thrushel, which flows into the 

 Tamar. On this side, 1 2 ft. below the level of the camp, is a 

 curved bank looking down a slightly hollowed channel to- 

 wards the stream : and to the north of it, on the brink 



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of the bank, is a circular excavation, apparently a sheltered 

 position for obtaining water from below. 



Tavistock (O.S. cv, 8). — To the north-east of Kelly College, in a valley outside the town, is 

 an irregularly planned camp, divided in halves by the ancient high road from Tavistock. It is now 

 scarcely distinguishable, and is unknown to the inhabitants of Tavistock. At the north of the 

 western side, the most perfect, the rampart is nearly 6 ft. high, but is lost to the north ; that at the 

 south-east is 4 ft. high. A small stream, called the Waterbrook, flows north and east of the camp. 

 {Plan on next page.) 



Tedburn St. Mary (O.S. 

 Ixvii, 13). — Higher Bury Camp, 

 22 miles south-west of Crediton, 

 and I mile south of Posbury Camp, 

 is situated between the woods, re- 

 spectively called Western Castle, 

 Northern Castle, and Higher 

 Longland. Here are the remains 

 of a square camp with side 300 ft. 

 in length, on ground sloping down 

 to a river on the east. A rampart, 

 3 ft. in height, is extant on the north 

 and west, and the simple escarp- 

 ment on the east is lost towards 

 the south. [Plan on next page.) 



Tiverton (O.S. xxxiv, 8, 

 and XXXV, 5). — Huntsham Castle 

 is on the boundary of the two 

 parishes of Tiverton and Hunt- 

 sham, 4 miles north-east of the 



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