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 EXPLORATION. 



Buckinghamshire. — Norbury Camp, Whaddon Chase. — A report 

 has been received of excavations carried out here in 1910 with the 

 main object of discovering the width and depth of the fosse and 

 solving certain problems of construction. These objects were 

 successfully attained. No relics were found of any value for 

 dating purposes, but the indications are that the camp is pre- 

 Roman. (See Bibliography, Berry.) 



Carnarvonshire. — Penmaenmawr. — Realising that this ancient 

 fortress is doomed to ultimate destruction, the Cambrian 

 Archaeological Society is having a careful survey made, and is 

 conducting excavations within the ancient dwellings along a line 

 in advance of the quarry operations. The survey and excavation 

 are in the able hands of Mr. Harold Hughes, and reports are 

 published from time to time in '* Archaeologia Cambrensis." (See 

 Bibliography, Hughes.) 



Cumberland. — Birdoswald. — High House Milecastle and three 

 turrets on the Roman Wall have been excavated by Messrs. J. P. 

 Gibson and F. G. Simpson. A short report has appeared in the 

 Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 

 and a full report will appear in the " Cumberland and Westmor- 

 land " Transactions. 



Denbighshire. — St. George, Abergele. — Mr. Willoughby 

 Gardner sends a report of excavations now being carried out by 

 the Abergele Antiquarian Society at Parc-y-Meirch in Kinmel 

 Park, a promontory camp with triple valhini and ditch across 

 the base. The excavations have shown that th(> inner vallum 

 had a rubble core and was faced with dry stone walling. The 

 top of the wall is believed to have originally stood over oO feet 

 above tlu' bottom of the ditch. The cuttim^-.s in [\\o inicrior of the 

 camp have revealed traces of a former largo population. Quantities 

 of animal bones and much pottery have been found, while both aninmi 



