. The Victoria history of the county of Devon;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE guarded, for the western vallum may yet be seen extended in a curve, hugging the termination of the southern rampart and fosse. Faint traces of an outer rampart appear on the side of the hill. South Molton ( xxii, 13).âTw^o miles south of the tow^n of that name, to the south-east of East Trayne and north-wrest of South Woodhouse, on the north of the River Mole, is an irregular camp, called ' a post' by Lysons. It now consists of a broad ram- part, broadened and lowered by the plough, which has oblitera
. The Victoria history of the county of Devon;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE guarded, for the western vallum may yet be seen extended in a curve, hugging the termination of the southern rampart and fosse. Faint traces of an outer rampart appear on the side of the hill. South Molton ( xxii, 13).âTw^o miles south of the tow^n of that name, to the south-east of East Trayne and north-wrest of South Woodhouse, on the north of the River Mole, is an irregular camp, called ' a post' by Lysons. It now consists of a broad ram- part, broadened and lowered by the plough, which has obliterated the entrance. Stockland, ( lix, 9).âStockland Little Castle, fully a quarter mile north of the ' Great Castle,' is circular, the axis north- west by south-east measuring 372 ft., and the other 331 ft. It was 0 encompassed by a single agger from 8 to 10 ft. high, composed of *" earth and stones, the interior being built with a dry wall of stone, but it is not known whether this was ancient, or whether the loose stones of the partially destroyed vallum were collected from the area when the site was first cultivated. The fosse has been filled in except a ^â 5, o SCA 10 LE OF FEET . ;\\. ' ; - . ;; . 00 -ZOO 3O0.\\\\\\\i^*^ Ui/,;â :0^ is- SToke Hil/ â rn. â â !f n?! .',n r jT n »i V.^^.V-^'^'^'^'^'. Camp at Stoke Canon. SCAtBOr FEET 100 ZOO 300 I I I Camp at South Molton. and piled here in 1820, length of 140 ft. on the north side, where the escarpment was' recently 35 ft. on the slope. The entrance was at the south-west. Stoke Can- on ( Ixviii, 14). âCultivation has again made havoc with a camp situ- ated nearly 2 miles north of Exeter, to the east of the Rivers Exe and Culme, on Stoke Hill. The escarp- ment partially re- mains, and the only indication of an entrance is on the eastern extremity. Stoke Fleming ( cxxvii, 15).âWoodbury Camp, 2 miles west of Dartmouth, is an elliptical camp on a gradually sloping eminence. The north side, with
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