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A HISTORY OF HEREFORDSHIRE rampart inclose a space some 240 ft. wide on the east, less on the south, and still less on the west and north-west. The entrance on the east, though generally considered original and by some thought to prove Roman origin by its simple directness, appears to the writer to be of somewhat late date, if not comparatively modern ; if so we must look upon the western as the ancient way of access. It is more difficult of approach, and so far better accords with early methods. We cannot here enter into the question of the date of this earthwork, but refer those who are interested to the 'Transactions of the Woolhope Field Cluby where the various theories of origin, pre-Roman, Roman, post-Roman, British and Saxon, are discussed.^* IviNGTON. See Leominster. KiMBOLTON : Bach Camp. — The Bach (pronounced Bayche) is situated 3 miles east-by-north of Leominster, occupying a knoll of land towards Bach Camp, Kimbolton the southern ending of some high ground between two streams which unite three-eighths of a mile south. The position is to an extent naturally defended by the fall of the hill west, south, and east, but is commanded by higher land, at no great distance, on two sides. The entrenchments are in a fair state of preservation, especially on the north and north-west ; and at these parts, which are by nature weak, the earthworks are of a powerful character. At other points the work is mostly defended at the present time by a scarp only ; but as there are traces here and there of a fosse and rampart which would have been needed to protect the stronghold, it is likely that such once existed at all points. The portion cut by the section E F appears to have an " Op. cit. (1883-5), 334 et seq. We are indebted to this article for valuable information. 214