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and the oval enclosure is certainly later than the straight enclosure, as part of the bank of the latter has been utilized for the former; unhappily the rest of the junction of these works is obliterated by cottages and a road. There is then here proof of a rectilinear work made before an oval work, and both of them pre-Roman, as pit dwellings were used subsequently to them, which would hardly be the case in post-Roman times, close to the Roman site of Keston and near London. The distinct lines in which the pits lie shew the course of the paths along which they seem to have been placed.

Newenden. This lies on the tail of a hill, sloping down in the water meadows near a branch of the Rother.

Queenborough. This is not a high work; it lies in the marshes of Queenborough Creek.

Ewell. This is only an approximate plan, by pacing and compass.

Barham. The ground slopes to the S.W.; the main ridge is just below the top of the hill; there are no pit dwellings.

Selling. The hill slopes steeply all around this, except where it joins a lower hill on the N.E. The N. corner is not fully surveyed, owing to the thick wood.

Folkestone. This is on an isolated hill, connected with the main chain by a plateau on the N. side. The square pit is remarkable for its regularity.

Coldreham. None of the fallen stones on the E. side were surveyed, except the two northern; the rest are only sketched, as they are all displaced, having fallen from the field above. The side slabs of the central chamber are upright, 7 feet 3 inches and 7 feet 5 inches high. Hardly any probing has been done, so the buried parts of the stones are uncertain. The arrows on the stones shew the direction of their dip.

Addington. All the stones were probed for, so as to give the true outline. The broken lines shew the probable alignment of the stones originally. A long low mound, about 5 feet high, occupies the ground between the lines (now cut across by a carriage road), and the stones apparently leaned inward against the mound. Perhaps there was a slight wide ditch beyond the stones, around the whole. The arrows shew the direction of the dip of the stones.

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