. A topographical survey of the great road from London to Bath and Bristol. : With historical and descriptive accounts of the country, towns, villages, and gentlemen's seats on and adjacent to . It is situate on the point of a high hill, 42 SURVEY OF THE GREAT ROAD FROM commanding all the country, and is double ditched on the south and north sides, with very deep trenches. It has two entrances from the south-east to the plain, and from the north-east to Eddingdon, both guarded by a redoubt: on the west side is a spring. It is oval, three hundred and fifty paces long, by near two hundred
. A topographical survey of the great road from London to Bath and Bristol. : With historical and descriptive accounts of the country, towns, villages, and gentlemen's seats on and adjacent to . It is situate on the point of a high hill, 42 SURVEY OF THE GREAT ROAD FROM commanding all the country, and is double ditched on the south and north sides, with very deep trenches. It has two entrances from the south-east to the plain, and from the north-east to Eddingdon, both guarded by a redoubt: on the west side is a spring. It is oval, three hundred and fifty paces long, by near two hundred broad, and its area twenty-three or twenty-four acres. —Near the middle, is a large oblong bar- row, sixty paces long; under which have been found many human sculls, and bones, mixed with stags horns, fragments of urns, and pieces of iron weapons; and mill- stones, like the modern Scotch quernes, sixteen and eighteen inches diameter. Under the south side,within the trenches, is a circular mound of earth, made in the11 last century, called the Table, with a kind of horse-shoe in the centre. The soil of this hill is chalk, abounding with pe- trefactions, belemnites, spines of echini,« & LONDON TO BATH AND BRISTOL. 43 Proceeding from the foot of the Downs,we leave the village of Cherhill to theright, built on a flat, surrounded by arich cultivated country, well supplied withwood. From hence, a road turns to the right,and leads to Compton House. COMPTON HOUSE. This is a handsome white mansion, theseat of J. W. Henneage, Esq. situated abouta mile and a half to the north-east of stands pleasantly, on a sloping lawn, com-manding a fine park, with extensive viewstowards the west; on the south, the townof Calne appears, Bowood forming theback-ground; and on the north, ridges ofDowns rise to view. The park is plentifully supplied withwood, and is adorned by groups of statelytrees: it is surrounded by a rich and fertilecountry, producing corn in plenty, and ex-cellent pastu
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