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who again this year undertook the whole work of organising the 

 meeting, left the Grosvenor Arms at 9 a.m. and proceeded first to 

 Iwerne Minster, where the Hon. Secretary read some notes on the 

 Church, kindly contributed by the Vicar, the Rev. E. Acton, who 

 could not himself be present. Thence the journey was continued 

 to the foot of Hod Hill. Fortunately the heavy rain of the night 

 and early morning had ceased at 8 o'clock, and the day gradually 

 improved, so that by the time the Members had climbed the hill 

 to the ramparts of the great camp, the beautiful views on either 

 side of the hill could be seen to advantage. At the point where 

 the inner entrenchment of " Lydsbury Rings " joins the outer ram- 

 part of the camp on the north side Mrs. Cunnington spoke on the 

 characteristics and peculiarities of the earthworks, and of their 

 probable age. Prof. Boyd Dawkins had investigated some of the 

 dwelling pits, of which there seem to be many in the area of the 

 camp, and had found them to be of the Early Iron period, but 

 neither the outer defences of the camp, which are presumably at 

 all events in part of this age, nor the inner "Lydsbury Rings," 

 which have been assumed to be of Roman origin, or at least thrown 

 up under Roman influence, have ever been properly examined. 

 Mr. H. St. George Gray also said a few words on the earthworks. 

 Descending the hill the motors were regained, and the journey 

 continued to Blandford, where at the Crown Hotel forty-two were 

 present at lunch. Leaving Blandford at 1.0 p.m. three-quarters- 

 of-an-hour's drive brought the party to Farnham Museum, where 

 Mr. H. St. George Gray gave a short account of the origin and 

 contents of the collection. Here one and a half hours were allotted, 

 but this was all too short even to allow of a glance at half of the 

 deeply interesting and valuable exhibits with which the late Gen. 

 Pitt Rivers filled this remarkable treasure house, which is only a 

 mile or two over the Dorset border, but is so inaccessible for the 

 majority of the dwellers in Wiltshire that most of those present 

 visited it now for the first time. From this point the motors took 

 the party to Tollard Royal, where the Church was first visited, and 

 the chief points of interest were indicated by Mr. H. St. G. Gray, 

 the most outstanding object being, of course, the well-known effigy 



