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 ANCIENT EARTHWORKS lacks the outer rampart towards the south ; towards the north an im- penetrable hedge prevents examination. The dotted Hnes within the enclosure show certain entrenchments, as indicated upon the Ordnance Survey map. Perhaps the surveyors examined the place at a time when the timber was cut down, but the writer could find little or no signs of this internal work, only in fact a shapeless heap with two deep holes, possibly wells, in about the position shown on the plan. The north portion of the enclosure is too dense to explore, except perhaps in the depth of winter in dry weather. 4-6 3 FK above Sea level. 4/4 Vr ■■::>, Corroge """iV:;-.. '>V>^'' ^'. B ""^mr-^ G, M .^Or ^^ SCAue OF FEET lOO 100 300 AmSbury Farm Entrenchment at Amsbury, Cox Heath, Hunton. Although we have included such low-banked and slightly pro- tected inclosures in this section it is doubtful whether they are, in some cases, anything more than banked and ditched sites of ancient woods reserved, maybe, for the preservation of beasts of the chase.' It has even been suggested that the Shingleton banks and ditches were the bounds within the circuit of which fairs were held in olden days, but authority is lacking. > See notes on Preston Wood, Aylesford and Mangravel Wood, Maidstone. 437
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