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A HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE QUORNDON (xvii, 13). A long mound, 27 ft. wide and 9ft. high, lies east of Cheveney House. SALTBY (xiv, 2). South of the eastern extremity of ' King Lud's En- trenchments ' is ' The Tent,' a deep pear-shaped excavation, perchance a dwelling or a guard-room. The entrance is at the north-west, close to the vallum, at which point was also an entrance through the lines. A bank is around the curve of the north-east side, from which the hollow is 26ft. deep. SAXBY (xx, 8). Two aggers /ft. high, and a mound are to the west of the church. Funereal relics have been found. STAPLETON (xxxv, 12). The site of the camp occupied by the troops of King Richard before that battle on Bosworth Field which changed the ruling dynasty, and known as ' The Bradshaws,' was situated on an eminence south of Stapleton village and along the bank of the stream which flows to Dad- lington. Hutton says that the defence was a breastwork 300 yards long, an operation of great labour ; 1 but whatever its original form or extent it has perished so far that the fragments have to be relegated to this class. In Church Close is a portion of a trench 7 ft. deep, following a zig-zag of three short lengths, and farther south, on the edge of the village, are other fragments. STONTON WYVILLE (xlv, 4). An elaborate series of fishponds lie to the south of the manor-house. SYSONBY (xx, 5). Upon the west bank of the River Eye, south-east of the church, are remains of earthen banks 34ft. on the scarp, forming the west, north, and part of the east sides of a square. The other portions have perished beneath the hands of the builder. THORPE ARNOLD (xx, 6). The remains of a prehistoric stronghold have been utilized for manorial defences. TUMULI BARKBY (xxv, 16). On the east side of the Fosse Way, north of Thur- maston, is the ' Round Hill ' ; where, in a field at the angle made by the Barkby road, branching from the ancient thoroughfare, stood a tumulus, now levelled, in which a Roman urn was found. BARROW-ON-SOAR (xviii, 14). By the side of the road from Barrow to Sileby are the remains of a tumulus. It was opened in 1867, when numerous Roman funereal relics were found, the excavation leaving it but 2 ft. in height. CROXTON KERRIAL (xiii, 4). To the west of ' Old Wood' is Windmill Hill, on which is a mound supposed to be a tumulus, which, however, has never been explored. GADDESBY (xxvi, 7). A small tumulus is in a field north of Park House. HiGHAM-ON-THE-HiLL (xlii, 2). A mound, situated by the roadside south of the church, was partially opened in 1899, when a very ancient cross of oak was found. The transverse bar, 16 ft. long, was fitted to the perpendicular beam, 1 8 ft. long, by a scarf-notch, no wooden nor metal pins 1 Bosworth FielJ, 50. 274