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Identifier: neolithicdewpond00hubb (find matches)
Title: Neolithic dew-ponds and cattle-ways
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Hubbard, Arthur John, b. 1856 Griffin, Henry
Subjects: Stone age -- England England -- Antiquities
Publisher: London, New York, Bombay : Longmans, Green and co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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XVI.— VnIW FROM SUMMIT OF ONK OF THE SURROUXniNC.EMBANKMENTS AT MAIDEN CASTLE. be defended by men to whom, owing to the natureof their position, defeat or retreat involved certaindeath. As may be seen in the illustration (X\II.), whereinthe subsidence at one ))oint in the Rings round MaidenCastle is depicted, some of the embankments have 34
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5 u- z z - Neolithic Dew-Ponds level j)hitf()rms behintl them, beyond which again isthe deep trench in front of the next embankment. Onthis level platform the reserves were probably waitingto take their ()lace in the fighting line, when thoseupon the crest had fallen. The central plateau is kidney-shaped, and is dividedinto two roughly equal parts by a transverse scarp otartificial construction. The eastern division, which hastwo complicated double approaches in close proximityto each other, is the first to be reached from theRoman road, and stands at a higher level than thewestern. It was probably occupied exclusively by thehuman inhabitants ; the western, into which the cattle-ways enter, being devoted to the herds. We shall,however, presently bring forward evidence that onlysuch a portion of the herds was kept at MaidenCastle as would suffice for the needs of the connnu-nit\ during the winter. A dew-pond is here found within the Rings. I hisis unusual, but a reason for this is to b

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