. The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine . Fig. 1.—Terraces near Stockbridge. 190 On the 0 rig in of the Terraces, Balks, or Lyn diets very gentle They are the class to which I would applythe theory given above, of their probable origin in strips or lands, formerly held in severalty by different occupiers. No. 2represents another class occurring upon very steep slopes, and. Fig. 2.—Profile of Terraces on the Side of a Chalk Hill near Twyford. contouring round a promontory of the hill-side. In these cases itis probable that the pick or mattock was emplo}^ed as well a
. The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine . Fig. 1.—Terraces near Stockbridge. 190 On the 0 rig in of the Terraces, Balks, or Lyn diets very gentle They are the class to which I would applythe theory given above, of their probable origin in strips or lands, formerly held in severalty by different occupiers. No. 2represents another class occurring upon very steep slopes, and. Fig. 2.—Profile of Terraces on the Side of a Chalk Hill near Twyford. contouring round a promontory of the hill-side. In these cases itis probable that the pick or mattock was emplo}^ed as well as theplough. The exact resemblance of such terraced slopes to thoseso generally formed in similar situations by the vine-growers ofthe continent, with the object of arresting the descent of soilwashed down by rain-storms, and also of facilitating the action ofthe plough, is evident. But Mr. Mackintosh refuses to believethem artificial, and attributes them to oceanic currents, at differ-ent levels with or without floating ice. No. 3 he describes asthe finest series of undoubted old Coast-lines or liaised Sea-beaches,he ever met with.
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