. The Victoria history of the county of Devon;. Natural history. ANCIENT EARTHWORKS A gradually sloping ancient road enters the trenches on the western side between defences which might turn a charge into a disaster ; it passes through one side of the camp and emerges on the north. On the east of the road the interior area is almost surrounded by a double vallum and fosse, the latter 23 ft. deep perpendicular measurement, and on the west of the road two bold aggers are curved to the brow of the hill; the inner one, 45 ft. on the slope of the escarpment, descends into a fosse 16 ft. deep. ^Thes
. The Victoria history of the county of Devon;. Natural history. ANCIENT EARTHWORKS A gradually sloping ancient road enters the trenches on the western side between defences which might turn a charge into a disaster ; it passes through one side of the camp and emerges on the north. On the east of the road the interior area is almost surrounded by a double vallum and fosse, the latter 23 ft. deep perpendicular measurement, and on the west of the road two bold aggers are curved to the brow of the hill; the inner one, 45 ft. on the slope of the escarpment, descends into a fosse 16 ft. deep. ^These are succeeded by a vallum 18 ft. high, a fosse 7 ft. deep, and an outer vallum 15 ft. perpendicular measurement. At the south-west entrance the crescent- shaped agger meets the curve of the southern rampart at right-angles, while two aggers, 120 ft. and 250 ft. respectively, flank the left side of the road, stretching in a line before the gateway. The north entrance has the end of the eastern vallum and broad fosse on its right, while on the left are the ends of the two crescent aggers commanding the gateway from independent points. Across this entrance, 140 ft. distant, a line of entrenchments is drawn, and other minor works are so arranged as to protect the path which leads to a spring of pure water. Lysons' description of Woodbury as a small oval camp is misleading ; but Polwhele, who gives the interior area as about five acres, tells us that the circumference round the outer edge of the ditch is 2,400 ft., and round the top of the rampart 2,100 ft. Woodbury was occupied as a camp between 1798 and ^J:L ^j SCALE or FEET 100 tyo IS v'>'-v,>i>": 'iiO\\\\v»^ « ^<<j^v: Greenway Camp, Brixham. B. 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
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