2 IS M( »1{T1MEK : 1M{K-11IST()UY OF TIIK VlLLAliK OF FIMBKK 
It is situated within a large entrenched enclosure, the plan of which 
is given in pi. viii., and most probably it was one of thone British forti- 
fied toAvns (Oppida) described by (.'a'sar as places of refuge, viz., 
" points naturally strong by reason of difficult ground, marshes or 
" wood, and still further secured by mounds and ditches. To the 
" ample area thus protected cattle and men retreated from hostile 
" incursions."" 
This entrenched enclosure is one of several similar enclosures on 
the adjoining hills, and to which it has been linked by the same kind 
of ramparts and ditches. But as the Rev. E. M. Cole, a short time 
ago (Vol. xi., Part 1), gave a very interesting paper on this class of 
entrenchments, illustrated Avith a plan on which he traced a few of 
these entrenchments over a considerable area of this neighbourhood, 
and as my brother has published a map showing their form and 
arrangement in the neighbourhood of Fimber, it is not necessary I 
should describe them further in this paper. But in addition to this 
system of ancient earth-works, which is not later than those named 
by Ca)sar, are the remains of others and even older earth-works, 
which unfortunately have hitherto been included with the entrench- 
ments proper. 
The accompanying plan, pi. viii., sliows six of this class, to which 
1 give the name of ' hollow-ways' or covered-ways, converging 
towards the village of Fimber. On the uncultivated hill-sides they 
now have the appearance of narrow terraces, but wherever the ground 
has been long tilled no visible trace of these hollow-ways remains ; 
but it is almost certain that they all approached as near to the 
village of Fimber as the Avestern end of No. ;3 has been traced to ; 
whilst very probably a similar sunk- way, all surface trace of which 
has been removed by long cultivation of the land, ran southwards 
between Nos. 1 and 5. In excavating near the church the end of 
such a trench was discovered pointing in that direction. 
During 1863 to 1880 I obtained many sections by cutting across 
each of these hill-side ledges at several points, and in every case 
they were found to be V-shaped trenches (see sections, fig. 2) 3 feet 
to 4^ feet deep, and measuring from 8:^ feet to 16 feet wide at the 
* Bell. Gall. v. 21. 
