64 On British Stone and Earthworks 



earthworks on the downs of North Wilts are only specimens to show 

 how rich is that locality in remains of the early Britons. There is 

 a great deal of hard work yet to he done with the pick and the 

 spade, hefore we can claim to have learnt all that is to be known of 

 the early inhabitants of this country : and nowhere in the British 

 Isles can the archaeologist find a fairer field for his investigations 

 than on the downs of North Wilts, more particularly that portion 

 of them that lies between Marlborough and Devizes. 



[Since the above paper was printed I have received from my 

 brother-in-law — Mons. C. A. Gosch, of the Danish Legation, 

 London — the following interesting account of a circle in Somer- 

 setshire, which appears never to have been described. As it bears 

 on the stone circle near Abury, which has hitherto had very little 

 light thrown upon it, and as I desire to call the particular attention 

 of archaeologists to these remarkable and mysterious circles, I am 

 very glad (with Monsieur Gosch's permission) to add as an appendix 

 to my paper his description of the Somersetshire circle.] 



"On the level summit of Walton Down, about half-a-mile north of 

 the village of Walton in Gordano, near Clevedon, a path, not much 

 frequented, leads through a remarkable circle formed by a low bank 

 and a ditch, which strongly reminds one of the circle recently dis- 

 covered near Abury, although the stones, which form so striking a 

 feature in the latter, are wanting on Walton Down. The existence 

 of this circle is well known to local antiquaries, but it does not 

 appear to have been described, and as it appears to me to deserve 

 notice — both on its own account and because it serves to illustrate 

 the one at Abury— I venture to submit a description of it. 



"It is situated in an elevated position, just opposite the beautiful 

 and singular Camp of Cadbury, separated from the ridge which 

 carries this and the Brough Walls by a broad green valley ; Worle 

 Hill and the Mendips are in full sight. The diameter of the circle 

 inside the bank is about 344 feet, but varies a little in different di- 

 rections on account of the irregularity of the outline. The average 

 height of the bank may be put at about 20 inches, the depth of the 

 ditch at about 14, so that the difference in level between the bottom 



