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 ANCIENT EARTHWORKS 6 ft. deep and 58 ft. wide is part of a once larger pond between those mentioned above and the margin of the stream on the south ; the boundaries of this, however, have been lost by more modern digging. Bee Hill, on the roadside between Liddington and Thorpe-by- Water, exhibits faint traces of entrenchments. MoRcoTT (xiii, 4). — In the spinney on the west side of the road to North Luffenham are faint traces of entrenchments. Whissendine (v, i). — On the eastern side of the manor-house is an embanked fish-stew and the remains of low field divisions. TUMULI Barrow (v, 3). — The barrow which has given the name to this parish is situated on a short spur of high ground, close to the chapel, a conspicuous spot from the wide valley beneath. It is circular, but the summit which was levelled for the building of a windmill upon it is now slightly concave. EssENDiNE (vii, 10). — On a small promontory jutting out from the high ground on which lines of entrenchments remain (Class X) is a round tumulus 40 ft. in diameter and 7 ft. high. Glaston (xiii, 8). — ' Beacon Hill,' in a field on the north side of the road leading to Morcott, is apparently a tumulus, which, however, has not been excavated to confirm the surmise. Uppingham (xiii, 5). — On the northern side of the Leicester Road, i-^ miles north-west from Uppingham, is a bowl-shaped tumulus 6 ft. high, with a trench surrounding its base. Wing (xiii, 3). — Close to the road south-east of Wing, and just to the south of the ' Ancient Maze,' is a bowl-shaped tumulus 76ft. in diameter and 4 ft. in height, with a flat top. INDEX Parishes in which Earthworks Exist, with the Letter of the Class TO which they Belong Parish Class Parish Class Barrow X, X, T Horn F, X Beaumont Chase E Langham X Braunston X Liddington X, X Brooke X, X Market Overton C, X Burley E Morcott X Edith Weston X North LufFenham F, F, G Empingham G Oakham C, G Essendine G, X, T Pilton D Exton X Ridlington C Glaston T Uppingham T Great Casterton C, G Whissendine C, G, X Hambleton C, F Wing T 119