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CLASSIFICATION. 



The classification of defensive works recommended by the 

 Committee now stands as follows : — 



A. Fortresses party 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. 



0. Rectangular or other enclosures of simple plan (including 

 forts and towns 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, ram- 

 parted 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. 



28 OCT 1958' 



