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WITHAMBURY.
By F. C. J. SPURRELL, F.G.S.
[Read at Field Meeting at Witham, July 25, 1885.]
This camp is one of those which should be studied with care. Of
the many thousand "camps" or enclosures, consisting of earthen
walls, there are very few whose plan we can trace with certainty, and
ascertain the date of construction and the builder's name. Of these
even, some have grown out of recognition by subsequent improve-
ment, and few indeed remain as simple camps.
It appears to me that every opportunity should be taken of study-
ing the plan and features of construction of such works as this, whose
1 [We are indebted to Mr. Spurrell for this photo-etching.—Ed.]