By Mrs. M. E. Cunnington. 



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The Inner Enclosure. — Within the main enclosure is a smaller 

 work (Stukeley's Prcetorium), 1 the position of which may be seen 

 on the sketch plan. It is roughly oblong in shape, the two longer 

 sides being 164 feet in length by 121 feet on the western, and 

 92 feet on the eastern side. This inner earthwork consists of a 

 ditch with double banks — one on either side of the ditch. The 

 ditcli, although rather larger than that of the outer enclosure, is 



Fig. 2.— section across bank and ditch on east side of outer enclosure. 



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?IG. 3.— SECTION ACROSS BANK AND DITCH ON SOUTH SIDE OF OUTER ENCLOSURE. 



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4.— SECTION ACROSS DOUBLE BANKS AND DITCH ON SOUTH SIDE OF INNER ENCLOSURE, 

 irf ; b = chalk building of bank ; c = old turf line under banks : d = undisturbed chalk ; e = silting in ditch . 



1 " There is another very pretty place of this sort — Druid's House for aught 

 I know — between the Wansdyke and Via Badonica ; 'tis a charming pleasant 

 concavity. An oblong square, with another lesser as a prsetorium within. 

 In the vallum are many gaps at equal intervals " (Abury Described, p. 48). 

 Actual measurements have shown that the gaps are not really equidistant 

 from each other. 

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