RECORD: Darwin, William Erasmus & Darwin, C. R. [1872]. [sketch map of St. Catherine's Hill]. CUL-DAR63.97-98. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2026. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR63, CUL-DAR64 and CUL-DAR65 contain a diverse array of materials for Darwin's research on earthworms. All of the textual items in these folders have been transcribed in a single file: CUL-DAR63-65.
Sketch map of Catherine's Hill, a chalk hill near Winchester, Hampshire, with the remains of an Iron Age fort (called Roman in the nineteenth century). See Earthworms, pp. 302-305, the maps in CUL-DAR63.95-96, CUL-DAR63.97-98 and letters from W. E. Darwin [19 February 1872] and 31 December [1880]. The editors of the Correspondence there noted that William's notes had not been found- however they are in CUL-DAR63. There are numerous comments and marks on the map by Darwin.
[97-98]
[St. Catherine's Hill, Roman camp]
3 ft to the mile
""""""" = upper bank very slight so that some little earth may pass
'''''' = no upper bank - so that earth can pass into lower ditch
level
3 inch mould then flints
then 5 ½ chalk flint & mould
little slope
327 ft
Bank inner
Ditch
outer Bank
top of outer & inner banks about one inch of mould
[not all marks and measurements are transcribed]
[97-98v]
[blank]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
File last updated 9 February, 2026