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Stjiplfp, luttfj some 3:vcmavUs on " Evtasurc 



Zvo\)t " in general. 



By Nathan Ball, F.R.H.S. 



P!?P 



JEW years draw to a close without the addition of fresh 

 light, either local or general, being brought to bear ou 

 the past history of our country and its people. Such 

 light is not unfrequently the result of investigation 

 and research, carried out in a systematic manner by those whose 

 chief reward is the pleasure which they derive by being able from 

 time to time to lay before the public the fruits of their endeavours. 

 But no less interesting in their way are the unlooked for " finds," 

 which now and again attract the attention of the antiquary, or the 

 geologist, to some quiet spot outside the usual sphere of their 

 observation. To this latter class belongs the " find " which forms 

 the subject of our present remarks. 



Derbyshire is especially rich in such " finds." Its caves, camps, 

 and mounds have added their tribute of unwritten history to its 

 records, and it stands almost unrivalled for examples of archaeo- 

 logical interest and importance. 



The " find " at Shipley is an isolated one, and is interesting as 

 presenting one more example of Roman supremacy in the neigh- 

 bourhood, and perhaps also as being a relic of the disturbances 

 which in the latter half of the third century shook that great 

 Empire to its foundations. 



The particulars of the discovery are already well known. It 



