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Essex references
2. Wallbury
Page 14
“The form of these [Roman]
camps were often varied; some few are round, others quite square, but they are
mostly oval, or rather an oblong square, with the sharp corners taken off.
(Plate 1, fig. 2) is a representation of a very large and perfect camp at
Wallbury, near Hallingbury, in the county of Essex.
“It is situated on an eminence
precipitating off to the river Stort, having a double vallum, B. B. B. and
D.D.D. and contains a full thirty acres: the first ditch is almost closed up,
except at F, where some traces of it yet remain, about 15 feet over: the outer
and lesser vallum, D. D. D. is about 26 feet broad at the bottom, and many as
high: the great ditch, C. C. C. is full 32 feet wide; and the inner vallum, B.
B. B. is about 30 feet wide, and full in that heighth. At A, is a sudden precipice down to the river
E, where the inner ditch C, is lost for full 30 yards, and the outer vallum and
fosse far more than double that space; from the nature of the place they became
utterly useless on this side; it being naturally so well fortified, by the vast
steepness of the descent. The three
divisions of the camp are the present entrances, of which the two broader ones
appear to be original, the lesser one being cut through for the convenience of
carriages.”
Footnote: Although marked on the Ordnance Survey, the site appears to be on private land.
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| [Plate 2] No 1, parts of Colchester castle, page 26; 2, Braintree abbey chapel, page 35; 3 and 4, represent the plan and perspective view of the earth works of a Saxon castle at Maldon in Essex, p.24; 5 and 6, are the same of a castle built by Edward the Elder, at Witham, p.25. |
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