522 The Fifty -Ninth General Meeting. 



DAWKINS followed with an interesting talk on the state of the 

 country and the people when the camps were first constructed, and 

 of the gradual migration of the population from the high lands of 

 the downs to the valleys, and the abandonment of the camps when 

 the "Pax Eomana" had put an end to the constant tribal warfare 

 to which the camps no doubt owed their existence, and made it 

 safe for the people to live in and cultivate the lower ground. The 

 party then made their way down the hill to a delightful spot, 

 sheltered from the wind and with a charming look-out over Morgan's 

 Hill, where a picnic lunch had been prepared. At this point about 

 sixty were present, a larger number than had been expected, so 

 that to tell the truth the eatables disappeared with considerable 

 rapidity, but the sun had come out and everybody was in a good 

 temper and all tilings were well. Leaving Oldbury about 2 o'clock 

 the brakes and motors made their way back to the Devizes Eoad, 

 and so to BECKHAMPTON", to the private road kindly opened for 

 the occasion by Mr. Darling, at the end of which lay the fallen 

 "LONGSTONE," then in process of re-erection. Here many of the 

 ladies took a turn at the hydraulic jacks and assisted in the raising 

 of the stone, a vast mass calculated to weigh about sixty- two tons. 

 This item was not in the programme, and its inclusion naturally 

 disarranged the time table for the rest of the day, but it was 

 thought that everybody would be interested in seeing the work 

 actually in progress. 



LeavingBeckhampton the party drove past Silbury,byEastKennet 

 and East Kennet Long Barrow, past the Wansdyke at Shaw, to the 

 bottom of KNAP HILL, whence they walked to the camp on the 

 top, where MR. CUNNINGTON" explained the peculiarities of the 

 earthwork as revealed by the excavations of 1908-9, Erom this 

 point a view of the Pewsey Yale and the surrounding country is 

 obtained which is only second to that in beauty from Oliver's Camp. 



Descending to the brakes, now three-quarters-of-an-hour behind 

 the programme time, Stanton St. Bernard was soon reached, 

 passing the Eidgeway at its entry into Pewsey Yale and the long 

 barrow "Adam's Grave" on the high point of Walker's Hill. 

 Here, in a barn very kindly lent by MR. H. J. AND MRS. 



