South of the village on the side of Coploe Hill is a series of earth banks that may also be Bronze Age.
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An earth bank at Huntworth was hastily built, connecting the canal bank to the railway embankment and the embankment to the river wall.
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Many had closely set stones, perhaps similar to the earth banks of henges, others were made from unfounded boulders rather than standing stones.
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A series of earth banks, channels and pond bays have not been dated but are believed to be associated with a former mill.
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The fort was around in area and was defended by a turf and earth bank with a timber wall, towers and double ditches.
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By 1940, most were semi-protected by an earth bank or " blast wall " surrounding them which reached as high as the eaves.
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In 1856, a surveyor described the wharf as " " not a properly built wharf, but more of an earth bank " ".
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The outer side of the ditch would have a glacis, a gently outwardly sloping earth bank at a slightly lower level than the ramparts.
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Some excavations took place between 1968 73 and the foundation trenches recorded by excavation can be seen as low, wire-framed and turf-covered earth banks.
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By the end of this work, many of the earth banks in the north and east of the town had been converted to stone.
