Neolithic dew-ponds and cattle-ways . e Road, and it seems possible that thesecorrugations of the land indicate that the cattle werecontained within the Ring. Figsbury Ring is of the same class of settlementas Old Sarum ; that is to say. there is a central citadeldefended by a surrounding trench ; beyond this trenchthere is a llat terrace of land, around which again isant)ther encircling entrenchment. The broad ways which lead through the outer en-circling entrenchment to the llat terrace of land seemto us to indicate clearU thai they were so constructedto admit herds of animals ; whereas the
Neolithic dew-ponds and cattle-ways . e Road, and it seems possible that thesecorrugations of the land indicate that the cattle werecontained within the Ring. Figsbury Ring is of the same class of settlementas Old Sarum ; that is to say. there is a central citadeldefended by a surrounding trench ; beyond this trenchthere is a llat terrace of land, around which again isant)ther encircling entrenchment. The broad ways which lead through the outer en-circling entrenchment to the llat terrace of land seemto us to indicate clearU thai they were so constructedto admit herds of animals ; whereas the approaches tothe central citadel from the llat terrace are compara-tively narrow, as at Old Sarum. We are stronglydrawn to the conclusion that the flat terrace of landcontained between the outer and the inner trencharound the citadel was entirely given u{) to the herd-ing of the animals, and that th(; humans al(jne occupiedthe citadel. I)y this arrangement, which is clearly in-dicated bv th(^ diff(Mcni witlths ot the openings, the 68. Neolithic Dew-Ponds animals upon which the life of the humans dependedwould be always under observation. Unfortunately, the land immediately surroundingand within iMgsbury Ring- has been brought undercultivation, and it is therefore impossible to say withcertainty that the cattle-tracks, which are so apparentclose to the road, did ultimately lead to FigsburyRing. In conclusion we may observe that the trenches,which may be (observed upon the Ordnance Survevs,and which are described as ditches, are, we fancy, inmany instances simply formed by the feet of the herdsiramj)ling during centuries over the same lines, andthat they are in no way connected with any form ofdefence. A more careful inspection than we have been ableto bestow upon the subject will, we fancy, prove thatthere is a definite connection between the cattle-tracksand the various camps in the immediate neighbour-hood of which they are generally found. Ilintcil I AN 1VM-, HaNSON ^
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