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some excavations in a raised bank, which runs along one side 
of the vicarage garden, and which he says was originally more 
than one hundred yards long. I have every reason to think 
this bank is, from the nature of the discoveries made by Mr. 
Brasher, the remains of a large dofontinus which has been nearly 
destroyed. Mr. Brasher only dug into it to the bottom for about 
7 or 8 yards in length. He found it composed of undulating 
layers of gravelly soil, a reddish clay brought from the adjacent 
hills, and black and brown ashes; also an enormous quantity of 
all kinds of Roman pottery broken into pieces, mostly small, 
quantities of animal bones, some horns, and a few flints, the 
last of which must have been brought from some distance. After 
speaking of the great variety of ware found, Mr. Brasher, says—* 
“What surprises me much is the great number of odd pieces, 
both of the better and the more common ware, especially of 
the former . . . The only complete vessel that I have 
found, is a conical Samian cup, about 2 inches high, and 33 
inches in diameter, it was found in three pieces.’”’t 
Amongst the fragments was the bottom of a ‘‘Samian” ware 
vessel, stamped with the makers name, SAMOGENI. The 
only previous occurrence of this stamp in England had been 
at Cirencester. Another fragment was the rim of a vase, covered 
with a rich brown vitreous glaze. Glazed pottery of the Roman 
period is rare, both in England and on the Continent. 
The whole nature of the bank or mound—the layers of gravel, 
clay, and ashes, different to the soil around—the pottery all 
purposely broken into fragments, the deposit of bones placed 
there, and the, flints purposely brought from a distance, all mark 
the “find” as being that of a dofontinus, or land mark,} which 
seems further confirmed by Mr. Brasher informing me that he 
* Proc. Soc. of Antiq., vol. vi., 2nd series, p. 120. 
+ With regard to the horns, etc., found, Gough (1806 edit. of Camden’s 
** Britannia.” vol. ii., p. 419), says, ‘‘ Coins, earthen pipes, brass rings, human 
bones, and stags’ horns have been dug up, and the foundations of a bridge may 
be felt in the river, crossing to Darley Hill, which overhangs the town.” 
~ See Mr. Coote’s description of these éotontin7, in his paper on the ‘‘ Cen- 
turiation of Roman Britain,” in ‘‘ Archzeologia,” vol. xlii., p. 143, also in his 
work ‘* The Romans of Britain,” 
