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1876, and now rare; (4) “Epping Forest and its Ancient 
Camps” (with woodcut). 5 We gladly acknowledge our in¬ 
debtedness to these papers for many details. Mr. D’Oyley’s 
labours in the delineation of the two camps call also for 
grateful recognition, inasmuch as they materially aided the 
explorations which were afterwards undertaken. 
The Lougliton Camp is situated about a mile north of the 
village from whence it takes its name, and about two miles 
south-west of Ambresbury Banks. It is placed in the depths 
of the Forest, the trees surrounding and covering it being 
principally beech and oak ; some very ancient specimens of 
the former tree actually grow upon the ramparts, and many 
old hollies are to be found both within and around the 
entrenchments. Its circumference is about 800 yards, giving 
a contents of between eleven and twelve acres; the two 
known Forest camps being very nearly of a size. The con¬ 
struction of the camp is also very similar to that of the 
Ambresbury entrenchment, an outer broad ditch having been 
dug, and the earth so obtained thrown up on the inside to 
form a rampart. In the report on the Ambresbury Banks 
allusion was made to the somewhat irregular lines of the 
fortification as contrasted with those of camps of known 
Boman origin. In the Loughton Camp strict symmetry of 
proportion has been completely disregarded by its constructors, 
and there are scarcely any defined angles (see Plate III.). 
The form of the camp is that of an imperfect oval, and the 
lines of the rampart appear to follow and to have been 
controlled by the natural contours of the ground. It has 
suffered to a much greater degree than Ambresbury Banks 
from the effects of age and denudation. In many places the 
burro wings of foxes and rabbits have caused much damage, 
increased possibly, in some instances, by foresters in digging 
out the animals, or even in removing sand in very modern 
times. In one place in particular, on the western side, the 
bank and trench have nearly disappeared, the soil having 
apparently literally tumbled down the slope of the valley, a 
result probably due to natural agencies, this being a very 
5 ‘ Cassell’s Family Magazine,’ vol. iii. (1877), p. 153. 
