Neolithic dew-ponds and cattle-ways . I.—I)l<li:i)-UI DEW-POND NEAR CISSHUKV, FORIIIIKD HY A SUR-ROUNDINC J)ITCH AND KARTHEX WALL. Now to return to this depression in the groundwhich we called a dried-up dew-pond. Such in factit is ; and the question now arises \\ hen was thisdew-pond constructed ^ Standing upon the Downsabove it may be seen the j^i^antic outlines ot CissburyRinij^. the work (jf ne(jlithic man. Dew-ponds such as 4 and Cattle-Ways this arc only found within the area surrounding theseneolithic settlements, and thus a presumption is raisedthat we may find their orio^in in the
Neolithic dew-ponds and cattle-ways . I.—I)l<li:i)-UI DEW-POND NEAR CISSHUKV, FORIIIIKD HY A SUR-ROUNDINC J)ITCH AND KARTHEX WALL. Now to return to this depression in the groundwhich we called a dried-up dew-pond. Such in factit is ; and the question now arises \\ hen was thisdew-pond constructed ^ Standing upon the Downsabove it may be seen the j^i^antic outlines ot CissburyRinij^. the work (jf ne(jlithic man. Dew-ponds such as 4 and Cattle-Ways this arc only found within the area surrounding theseneolithic settlements, and thus a presumption is raisedthat we may find their orio^in in the same epoch. Thatsupposition, moreover, is confirmed in connection with. U.—^ ROADWAY TO SOlTHKRX FACE OFCISSDURV KING. tlu dew-pond of which we are speakinq- by the fact that it appears to he thormiqhlv fortified hv a sur-rounding ditch and earthen wall, precisely similar to,though on a lesser scale than, the qreat prehistoricearthworks on the \.np of the Howns. In these tacts we Imd a solution of the lono-standino- Neolithic Dew-Ponds j)rol)leni of the of ihese elevatt-d scule-iiients. Leavino- this pond behind us, and nicrcly notini^- thatit is fortified on account oi its distance ironi the Kiny,we ascend the Downs in the direction of to the right thrt)ugh the woods when withina few hundred yards of the grt^at southern entrance otthe King, we come upon a rolling tract of comparativelylow-lying country, to the south of the main structure ;and here a grassy roadway will be met with, fromwhich a o<^<^d view mav be had over th(^ Vcdley b(dow. This roadway is of no modern construction ; itssmooth s
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