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could be found, and this led to the discovery of the ditch sections 

 on the shoulder at S.S. 



The turf was cleared off the second causeway, counting from 

 the west, and the ground searched for signs of gate or other post 

 lioles. 



The third causeway was also searched for post holes. 



A length of 54f b. was cleared out of the second section from the 

 west of the ditch of the main entrenchment. The ditch was 

 found to have been very irregularly cut ; in places its floor was 

 level, in others very uneven with steps and ledges of unhewn 

 chalk. Forty-two feet from the western end of the section the 

 ditch was 5|ft. deep, and 5ft. wide at the bottom. At the west 

 end of the section it was 7ft. deep, and 10ft. wide at the bottom, 

 with almost perpendicular walls. At the east end of the same 

 section it was 8ft. deep, and only 18in. wide at the bottom. 



Two cuttings were made through the sections of the ditch on 

 the shoulder of the hill at S.S. It was found to be a smaller 

 ditch than that of the main entrenchment ; it was 4Jft. in depth, 

 and 3ft. in width at the bottom. 



The plateau ditch was cleared out from X, through its inter- 

 section with the older ditch, to its termination ; and from XI to 

 its disappearance at the edge of the scarp. The ends of the ditch 

 on either side of the entrance to the plateau enclosure were also 

 cleared out from X2 and X:l Cuttings were made every few 

 yards across the whole length of this ditch to trace its course, and 

 in twelve of these cuttings, from 4ft. to 6ft. wide, it was opened 

 to the bottom. 



The " dais " was trenched all over, and trenches were also cut 

 on the surface of the plateau enclosure. 



Cuttings were made through the mounds on the plateau (see 

 page 51), and the hut foundations at E and E were examined. 



Eelics from the Ditch of the Old Camp. 



A few fragments of coarse hand-made pottery,^ flint flakes, and 



1 Some fragments of the thin " drinking cup " type of pottery ornamented 

 Avith oblong punch marks were found on the surface of this ditch. 



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