A HISTORY OF KENT Maps show over 5,200 ft. length of similar work ending at the bank of the river Bewlt. Some light on their original purpose may, perhaps, be afforded by the case of the remains in Chingley Wood. This manor was divided in Queen Elizabeth's reign, when Thomas Darrell sold a moiety of it to William Campion. Is it not likely the bank was then raised to mark the boundary between their lands ? LiTTLEBouRNE : FiSHPooL HiLL. — Some traces of scarping or banks, possibly indicative of ancient defensive work, are traceable in the wood close to the road between Canterbury and Sandwich. Newenden : Castle Toll. — This earthwork occupies the extreme end of a tongue of land projecting east-north-east into the low marsh Marshes 5CAI.E OF PCET 90 tt.00 3pO Marshes wmw Mam Land ^ ** Castle Toll, Newenden. land between the river Rother and its tributary the Hexden Channel, which runs from the north-west and joins the Rother a mile and a quarter south-east. The enclosed portion is about 20 ft. above sea-level. The position was naturally defended on the west, north and east by the morass or wet marsh (now drained), and probably when the fortress was constructed the tidal water approached closely on these sides. The entrenchments are simple, consisting of a fosse with the ballast thrown inward to form a rampart, once of considerable length. The soil being gravel and clay, the height of the rampart and depth of the ditch have been greatly reduced ; moreover the work has been under the spade of the explorer, or mutilated in removing material for agricultural purposes, and coneys have found the bank a handy burrowing place. The north-east corner, like that on the south-west, is higher than 442
