The revised " Scheme for recording Ancient Defensive Earth- 

 works and Fortified Enclosures," announced in last year's 

 Report, was distributed in the autumn to those Societies which 

 subscribed towards its issue. A small stock remains in the 

 hands of the Committee, which, it is thought, will be sufficient 

 to satisfy the demand for the next few years. Only a limited 

 number of copies can now be supplied to anj^ single Society, 

 and enquiries should be addressed to the Hon. Secretary. 



As evidence of the increasing importance attached to the 

 study of Ancient Earthworks, it may be mentioned that two 

 more of the Societies in Union report the formation of special 

 Earthworks Committees : the Dorset Field Club, with Dr. H. 

 CoHey March, F.S.A., as President, and the Rev. C. W. Whistler 

 as Hon. Secretary ; and the Bucks. Architectural and Archgeo- 

 logical Society, with Mr. A. H. Cocks, F.S.A., as Chairman, 

 and Dr. E- H. West as Hon. Secretary. 



The Committee hears with interest that Dr. J. P. Williams- 

 Freeman, whose survey of the defensive Earthworks of 

 Hampshire was completed last year, is now engaged in 

 cataloguing the barrows of that county. The value of such 

 work, especially when performed by investigators with local 

 knowledge, cannot be too often insisted upon ; and it is very 

 gratifying to be able to announce that the Committee receives 

 from time to time offers to undertake the survey of the 

 earthworks of limited areas from antiquaries residing in 

 different parts of the country. An immense field, however, 

 remains to be explored, and the Committee would once more f 

 impress upon the Secretaries of local Societies the urgency i 

 of enlisting capable recruits for this work. 



