REPORT OF THE EXCAVATIONS IN 1889-1900. I03 



(made from pipe clay), red, grey, and black ware are mostly 

 plain. There is also a portion of a loose strainer for straining 

 wine. 



A stone conduit, flagged, was uncovered for over sixty yards, 

 but it is not yet traced to its full extent; it may possibly lead 

 to a well, or source of the water supply, but is more probably the 

 main drain of the camp. Outside the station, near to the west 

 tower, was found a gravel road of nine feet wide, leading to a 

 plateau in an adjoining field ; compare the " Parade Ground " at 

 Hardknott. 



The Right Honourable Lord Howard of Glossop has con- 

 sented to lease, at a nominal rental, for ten years, with power 

 to renew at the expiration of the lease, twO' fields, the site of the 

 Roman Station and the plateau not yet examined, to four 

 trustees, viz., the Rev. A. P. Hamilton-Wilson, Mr. C. E. 

 Knowles, J. P., Mr. Cyril Ellison, and myself. There will, 

 therefore, in the future, be no compensation due to the 

 tenants, and the excavation can be carried on in accordance with 

 the amount of funds subscribed. It is desirable that every inch 

 of the soil down to the level of the untouched or natural soil 

 should be dug up and examined, except where there are build- 

 ings or roads. 



Mr. F. Haverfield, M.A. Oxon., F.S.A., and Mr. W. H. St. 

 John Hope, M.A., Secretary of the Society of Antiquities, have 

 visited the excavations and expres.sed themselves satisfied with 

 the work being done, their advice and suggestions being valuable 

 and useful. 



The local committee, to supervise better and carry out the 

 work, and to give confidence to the public, have resolved them- 

 selves into a Society, '' The Glossop and District Antiquarian and 

 Natural Histor}- Society." Many local gentlemen have joined it, 

 and there is every pro.spect of the antiquities of the district being 

 searched out and permanently recovered. Photographs, to scale, 

 have been taken by Mr. Sharpe of the important finds, and 

 copies sent to " The National Photographic Record Association," 

 who have deposited, with full details, a copy of each at the 



