HAZZLEDINE WARREN : STUDY OF PRE-HISTORY IN ESSEX. 169 
Sible Hedingham (E.N., iii1889, p. 235-238). Small rubbish 
pits, or pit-dwellings, containing Romano-British pottery. 
208 
Coggeshall (G. F. Beaumont, E.N., vii., 1893, p. 68). A bowl¬ 
shaped pit, 9! feet diameter and 5 feet deep. At the bottom 
was charred wood and one piece of coarse imperfectly 
baked pottery. Over this was a layer of flint and other 
stones, showing the action of fire. 209 
Roxwell (R. W. Christy. E.N., i., 1887, p. 82). Circular 
pits, 5 feet diameter at the top, 2 feet at the bottom, 
and from 3 to 5 feet deep. Filled with black soil, lumps 
of red burnt earth, and broken pottery [not described]. 
Romano-British pottery occurred in the surface soil, but 
apparently not in the pits. 210 
Hut-circles, formation of [302]. 
Pile-Dwelling, Skitts Hill [144, 145]. 
[Vide also Section xvii., 275, 302]. 
XII. —Earthworks (of Various Ages). 
Epping Forest Camps, visit to (T. & P., i., 1880, pp. xxiv.- 
xxvii.). Under the guidance of Major-General Pitt-Rivers, 
who urged the desirableness of excavation. 211 
Ambresbury Banks (A. Pitt-Rivers’ Report of the Excavation 
of the Earthwork known as Ambresbury Banks, Epping 
Forest, T. & P., ii., 1881, pp. 55-68 ; pi. iiii.-v. ; and 
pp. xxviii.-xxxiii. ; also Brit. Assoc. Report, 1881, p. 
697). The report includes plans and sections, and a chromo¬ 
lithograph plate of the pottery. The ramparts have not 
the geometrical outline of a Roman work, but arc curved. 
There are also outworks—likewise a British, rather than a 
Roman, character. One trench was cut through the ram¬ 
part and fosse. The latter proved to be V-shaped, with an 
acutely-pointed bottom (unusual with a British camp), 
10 feet deep and 22 feet wide at the top. Numerous 
fragments of hand-made British pottery were found, all ‘ 
non-Roman and none wheel-turned. Some flint flakes 
were also found, but not in sufficient quantity or ? 
clear association to prove their contemporaneity with the 
camp. 212 
Loughton Camp ( Report of the Committee appointed to 
Investigate the Ancient Earthwork known as the “ Loughton ” 
or “ Cowper’s ” Camp, T. & P., iii., 1883, pp. 212-230 ; 
pi. iii.-iv. ; and pp. li.-lv. ; also Brit. Assoc. Report, 
1883, pp. 243-252. Map and sections and figures of the 
flint implements). This camp possesses the irregularly 
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