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XXIII.—Excavations at Cæsar's Camp near Folkestone, conducted in June and July, 1878

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2012

Augustus H. L. F. Pitt-Rivers
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The earthwork known as Cæsar's Camp or Castle Hill is one mile and three-quarters (3 kil.) to the north-west of Folkestone Harbour. It is a conspicuous object from the railway to all who look for it, being situated on the summit of the line of hills termed by geologists the Chalk Escarpment, and overlooking from a commanding position the whole of the low ground between it and the sea. A good view of it taken from the east may be seen in the frontispiece to Mr. W. Topley's Geology of the Weald. Geologically the ground on which the Camp has been constructed corresponds to that of Mount Caburn on the opposite side of the weald valley; both overlook the weald valley, but from opposite directions, both occupy the chalk ridges which bound the valley on three sides, and both are situated not far from the coast line on which that extensive geological area opens into the English Channel.

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Archaeologia , Volume 47 , Issue 2 , 1883 , pp. 429 - 465
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1883

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