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vicinity of some of these were groups of barrows probably 

 connected with them, but the contents of which have never been 

 examined ; and that there have been discovered in this county 

 many antiquities of not less uncertain attribution in regard to race 

 and period, and only to be explained by a comparison with many 

 similar specimens. 



Such was the brief sketch of the subject which I drew up from 

 the valuable information supplied to me by the kindness of cor- 

 respondents in the county, from the notices in topographical 

 works, and from the evidence of such antiquities found in 

 Yorkshire as I was able personally to examine. 



This introductory Memoir, with an accompanying Map, will 

 shortly be published in the Volume of Proceedings of the 

 Institute at York ; but to carry out fully the inquiry I have 

 commenced, there will be required — 



1. An accurate examination of the lines of Roman roads 

 throughout the county, before these remains are finally efiaced 

 by the plough. 



2. Plans of all the camps and entrenchments, with sections 

 of their earthworks, so as to enable us to classify them according 

 to the varieties in their form and disposition. 



3. A systematic excavation of barrows where they occur in 

 groups, and in apparent relation to earthworks. 



4. An accurate registration of all future discoveries of British 

 and Roman remains throughout the county, carried on by an 

 organized correspondence. 



5. The permanent collection into one Museum generally 

 accessible, of all antiquities so found, and their classification 

 according to periods and races. 



The two first of these desiderata will, I trust, be soon supplied 

 by the researches of the Ordnance Surveyors. 



The plan of excavation I hope to see directed by the York- 

 shire Philosophical Society, when a general fund for such a 

 purpose shall have been raised. 



The registration of discoveries may be carried on by a number 

 of persons resident in the county, each being responsible for a 

 particular district. The record would be most clearly kept on 



