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DESCRIPTION OF THE ANCIENT HILL FORTEESS OF ULEYBUEY. It seems desirable to append to the preceding description of the Tump on CraAvley llill, a further sliort account of the fine fortress called Ulevburv, from recent examination, in addition to that given at page 324. This intrenchment is placed upon, and occupies the wjiole of the top of a lofty oolite hill situated just above the village of Uley, and connected by only a narrow neck with the adjoining higher elevation named Cra^Yley Hill. The fortifi- cation was made by taking advantage of the steep slope of the hill and it consists of a narrow terrace of about seven feet in width, placed at a variable distance, but usually about sixty feet down the steep slope ; and of a low rampart made of loose stones covered with turf ])laced Just on the verge of the descent, and backed by a broad nearly level space of about 45 feet in width, which is bounded internally by a short ascent to the level top of the hill. These works have extended all i-ound the enclosure, although in parts the steepness of the hill has rendered the lower terrace rather faint, and in others it has been recently destroyed by quarrying or othei-wiso. The top of the hill has long been under cultivation, and therefore presents no trace of antiquity. The sha})e of the hill-top is (piadraiigular, but not very regularly so, and the sides deviate considerably from straight lines. The intrenchment following its outline is of similar form, and has, from possessing such an outline, often been sup})osed to )je of Roman origin. Tiie entrances are placed at tlic south-eastern and ndithern angles. They were ajjproachcil ;it tlic two fbi-mer places by hollow ways ascending the buthcss-lila; angles of tin* liilj. Eacli pas.s(,'S through a deep gap in the rampart, ainl lli,i( al the southei-n entrance is deleiided hy two nioinids |)Iacf(l mie on each side of the ojxMiing. ^i'he eastcin eiilianee is much altered. At the northeiii entrance, wlmli was apftarently the j)riiifi|i;il approach ti> this important. ]»lace, thi; naii'ow portion ol liiLili land (•niiiiecliii;j; the hills rendered more