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 A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE both of them are fortified. The first is of such low elevation as hardly to deserve the name of a hill — it is rather a tump ; the second is the great outlying detached hill of the Cotsvi^olds — Bredon. (6) The tump or hill is called Gadbury Bank near Eldersfield (fig. 4), Although of a very low elevation, only some 186 feet, yet as it is the only spot rising above the dead level of the river, from its isolated position really occupies a commanding situation, and there is a very ex- tensive view from its summit. The earthworks are an irregular oval. U^cUe, 6 <^ncAes to cl UftcUlcte y^ile, following the shape of the summit of the hill which it encloses. There is an oblique entrance on the north-east side, and another but smaller one on the north-west corner. Its greatest length is said to be 390 yards and its width across the centre 1 1 2 yards. No objects are mentioned as having been found here, nor is there any record or tradition regarding it. From its position it would seem that advantage was taken of the only suitable place for a fort in the river valley between Malvern and Bredon. Formerly it must have been a very strong position, as it was in the 188