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No camps in the forest -- All on the confines -- No apprehension / of attack from the south -- Whit Tor -- The exploration of the / camp -- How the walls were constructed -- This explains their ruinous / condition -- Brent Tor formerly a camp -- How a road up it was / made -- The Dewerstone camp -- Earthen camps -- Hembury -- The Galford / Down camp -- A Saxon thegn's burrh -- Old Squire Bidlake -- Lydford / fortifications.
As I have already said, the inhabitants of Dartmoor in prehistoric times seem to have been of a peaceable disposition. There are pounds to contain cattle and protect them against wolves, but no camps on the moor itself. What camps there are will be found on its confines, as though the natives feared attack from an enemy outside, but were not troubled by their neighbours of the same blood and pursuits.