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 210 ANCIENT CAMBRIDOESHIEE. Chesterford near the railway station ; and on tlic sonthern side, traces still exist of a road connecting this point with Littlebury village, and through it with the old Cam}) on the Ring Hill, in front of Andlcy End, Still further southward, signs of its progress are very faint, though, no doubt, '• Quendon Street" and " Stansted Street," as their names indicate, were in the line of way. West of the Ring Camp, upon " Chapel Green," still there are remains of another old way passing by Clanver End to Arkesden, in the direction of, and })arallel to, the last-named route, and as it comes from Strethall by Littlebury Green, another approach to Chesterford from the south is thus opened. In a yet more westerly direction, near He^^lon, jMelbourn, and Triple w, the open country is traversed by so many cart tracks that it is almost impossible to distinguish the ancient from the modern, though it is certain that the Icknield Street from Ro^'ston did run below Heydon Hill. Here, therefore, must terminate my summary notice of the Roman roads in Cambridgeshire and Essex. With the earthworks then we proceed. All residents in Cambri<lgeshire are doubtless acquainted with the numerous ditches which traverse their county to such a vast extent, and even the casual frequenter of Newmarket Races must be familiar with the " Devil's Ditch," since in his journey from London it is a vei-y striking object ; nor could he fail to observe another of like nature as it crosses the highway. This would be known to him as the Plight jrile Ditch, but it takes dilfercnt names in its pi'ogress, for, while on the left of the turnpike road from Fen Ditton to Fulbourn, where it joins the Caudle Ditch, it is called Fle.am Dyke ; we fnid it on the right-hand side assuming the appellation of Halsham Ditch in its eastward course, from the neighbouring village so named. J*'ive miles to the south, on the pro|)erty of j^Ir. Parker Hamond, at Pampisford, there is a third ditch, one termination of which is marked on the Ordnance Maj) as " P>rent Ditch" End, close to Pampisfrnd li.ill. It runs apparently in a parallel line with the one la^t mentioned, crossing, also, the Ncwinarkot Koad between the " Two Mile Hill " cutting and Abiii-toii i'aik. There is still another fosse iu'longing to this vicinity, though rather further removed than the three ali'cady i-iiiiitiii-;ilc(l, which coiiiiiK'ncrs iinnicili.-iti'l v below the high