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CLASSIFICATION. 



The classification of defensive works recommended by the 

 Committee now stands as follows : — 



A. Fortresses partly inaccessible by reason of precipices, 



cliffs, or water, defended in part only by artificial 

 works. 



B. Fortresses on hill-tops with artificial defences, 



following the natural line of the hill. 



Or, though usually on high ground, less dependent 

 on natural slopes for protection. 



C. Rectangular or other enclosures of simple plan 



(including forts and town of the Romano-British 

 period). 



D. Forts consisting only of a mount with encircling 



moat or fosse. 



E. Fortified mounts, wholly or partly artificial, with 



remains of an attached court or bailey, or showing 

 two or more such courts. 



F. Homestead moats, consisting of simple or compound 



enclosures formed into artificial islands by water 

 moats. 



G. Enclosures, mostly rectangular, partaking of the 



form of F, but protected by stronger defensive 

 works, ramparted and fossed, and in some instances 

 provided with outworks. 



H. Ancient village sites protected by walls, ramparts 

 or fosses. 



X. Defensive or other works which fall under none 

 of the above headings. 



