68 Castcrley Camp Excavations. 



forms a flanking ditch at the entrance to the enclosure A, so that 

 there must at least have been a different arrangement at this 

 point. As to the bank of ditch No. 10, Hoare seems to show it on 

 the western side. There is no guide to the positions of the banks 

 of ditches No. 9 and 11 except that at the point of junction of 

 these two ditches the banks could not very well have been on that 

 side, and therefore it seems likely that they were on opposite sides 

 of these two ditches. 



If these suggested relative positions of banks to ditches are 

 correct it will be seen that the banks would all have been towards 

 that area of the camp bounded by the weaker outer entrenchment, 

 with the ditches (more particularly Nos. 6 and 11) facing the more 

 strongly entrenched area, the reverse of what might be expected 

 for purposes of defence, but at the same time showing a certain 

 uniformity of design. However situated, the banks must have 

 afforded some protection from wind and weather, very desirable in 

 such an exposed position. 



The Entrances, as Excavated. 



There were originally at least three entrances through the outer 

 entrenchment, one to the south, at G-, one to the north, at K, and 

 one to the west, by meaus of the sunken way. See Key Plan PI. X. 



The Southern Entrance, PI. XII. This is by a causeway, 17ft. 

 wide, of unexcavated chalk left in the ditch opposite a gap in the 

 rampart. In view of the gate-post holes that we found at the 

 somewhat similar entrance to Oliver's Camp 1 , a search was made 

 for post holes in corresponding positions and the four excavations 

 shown on the plan were found. The three smaller holes may well 

 have held gate posts, but the large excavation is not so simply 

 accounted for. Like the other three holes, this larger one was filled 

 with a clean chalk rubble, but unlike them it showed a layer of 

 dark material, resembling decayed turf, all over the bottom, some 

 2in. to 3in. thick. Nothing else was found in either of the holes, 

 with the exception of a few fragments of red-deer horn in the 



1 Wilts Arch. Mag., xxxv., 420. 



