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ANCIENT EARTHWORKS position such as would naturally be selected for defence, but the steepness of the slope varies, as will be seen by the contours marked on the plan and by the sections. The entrenchments as a whole are in a good state of preserva- tion, though in a chaotic condition at the south-west corner, which has been quarried for stone ; " they consist mainly of a fosse and rampart, but at certain .'V

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Credfnhill Camp " It is most unfortunate that quarrying operations have destroyed the south-west angle of the camp, for these, according to a plan made in 1882, were entrenchments apparently guarding a carefully-involved entrance. See Trans. Woolhope Field Club (188 1-2). 207