. The Victoria history of the county of Devon;. Natural history. ANCIENT EARTHWORKS The bold agger at the north-west is now in course of demolition, and will be levelled by the time these lines are published. Stokenham.âIn Widdecombe Wood, near Tor- cross, is a plateau camp of oval form; one long sideâthe westernâonly is left. Stoke Gabriel ( cxxi, i6).âOn the eastern side of the estuary of the Dart the site of a simple camp is visible. Stoke Rivers ( x, 14).âFive miles north-east of Barnstaple, on high ground between Stoke Rivers and Beer. Nothing is left but a plateau, defended only
. The Victoria history of the county of Devon;. Natural history. ANCIENT EARTHWORKS The bold agger at the north-west is now in course of demolition, and will be levelled by the time these lines are published. Stokenham.âIn Widdecombe Wood, near Tor- cross, is a plateau camp of oval form; one long sideâthe westernâonly is left. Stoke Gabriel ( cxxi, i6).âOn the eastern side of the estuary of the Dart the site of a simple camp is visible. Stoke Rivers ( x, 14).âFive miles north-east of Barnstaple, on high ground between Stoke Rivers and Beer. Nothing is left but a plateau, defended only by its height of 6 ft. above the surrounding soil. The road to Stoke Rivers has been cut to a depth of 8 ft. right through the camp. A tributary of the Yeo flows half a mile to the north. Stoke Rivers ( x, 15).âWithin about one mile of the last another simple camp is to be seen by Smay's Wood. On a hill over 1,000 ft. above the sea level a steep declivity, towards the tributary of the Yeo. east, south and western sides a fosse may be traced and forms the strongest defence ^'â¢''m/^ # # SCALE OF FEET ZOO 100 % 300 r:. ^^'^ â %âm^V^ Camp at Stoke Rivers. 1 scale: or feet 100 SCO ^5 J- /J- i?> Camp at Stoke Rivers. is a small oval camp on the verge of Cultivation has levelled its defences, but on its The north descends precipitously some 60 ft., So far as it is possible to determine, the entrance was at the north-west. Stowford ( Ixxxvi, 12).âNear Castle Farm, to the east of Lifton, near the Cornish border, are the remains of a camp which has given the name to the farm. On the summit of a swell is all that is left of an ancient elliptical stronghold, divided into three portions by field fences, and as it is ploughed over year by year, it is a marvel that anything is now visible. The eastern side, under grass, is the most interesting. Here the ground rapidly descends to the edge of a precipitous bank of a small tributary of the River Thrushel, which flows into
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