. The Victoria history of the county of Devon;. Natural history. ANCIENT EARTHWORKS north to the south was originally 895 ft. ; from the northernmost point to the road it measures 513 ft.; the road is 42 ft. wide, and the southern half 340 ft. That part of the camp south of the road destroyed ; but its site may be traced by the modern hedges. The remaining northern half is of irregular form, defended by a single vallum and fosse, with an interior area of 12 acres. It is of great strength ; the vallum, despite the levelling process of tillage, is still over 40 ft. high in certain pl
. The Victoria history of the county of Devon;. Natural history. ANCIENT EARTHWORKS north to the south was originally 895 ft. ; from the northernmost point to the road it measures 513 ft.; the road is 42 ft. wide, and the southern half 340 ft. That part of the camp south of the road destroyed ; but its site may be traced by the modern hedges. The remaining northern half is of irregular form, defended by a single vallum and fosse, with an interior area of 12 acres. It is of great strength ; the vallum, despite the levelling process of tillage, is still over 40 ft. high in certain places. One entrance is on the west side of this portion of the camp; but whether another one of greater importance ever existed it is now impossible to ascertain. Many years ago large quantities of charcoal were found on the site, also a thumb scraper of flint and a great number of sling stones. An outpost to this ' castle,' a circular camp, lies over a quarter of a mile to the north, and is known as ' Stockland Little Castle.' Stokenham ( cxxxiii, 14).âSlapton Castle, a little more than a mile inland from the famous Slapton Sands, is an irregular elliptical camp, enclosing about six acres, adjusting itself to the formation of the ground on the side of a hill, facing Start Bay in an eastern direction. This camp has been of great strength ; but the plough has obliterated all save the faintest traces of the south-eastern entrenchments. Apparently there was no attempt at ditching on this side, â ^'^^\. Denburij SCALC OF recT O 200. -:3 <s. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Page, William, 1861-1934, ed. London [Constable]
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