Archaeologia cantiana . JV«,{- <iV;i< t„ rine //„•/( ^^ 34:0 f/u/uis U a AfrU BIGBURY WOOD, HARBLEDOWN. 15 deepest is that which appears to be the primitiveway, and this seems to have been originally sunkbelow the level of the trenches, for the sake, pro-bably, of increasing its capability of defence. Atthe eastern entrance, B, there are no very decidedtraces of advanced outworks, but at the western, C,there are clear indications of additional works havingexisted, outside the general line of intrenchment;and the natural shape of the ground has here, per-haps, been in some degree altered,
Archaeologia cantiana . JV«,{- <iV;i< t„ rine //„•/( ^^ 34:0 f/u/uis U a AfrU BIGBURY WOOD, HARBLEDOWN. 15 deepest is that which appears to be the primitiveway, and this seems to have been originally sunkbelow the level of the trenches, for the sake, pro-bably, of increasing its capability of defence. Atthe eastern entrance, B, there are no very decidedtraces of advanced outworks, but at the western, C,there are clear indications of additional works havingexisted, outside the general line of intrenchment;and the natural shape of the ground has here, per-haps, been in some degree altered, to create the narrowisthmus which now connects the fortified site withthe western range of hills. At D, the embankments were levelled a few yearsago, when the wood in that part was grubbed. Thedotted lines, at E, mark the position of an abandonedgravel-pit, wherein was found, not many years ago,a deposit of various iron things, most of which wereunfortunately dispersed and lost without being ex-amined by any one
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