vi EDITOR'S NOTE 



Subscribers to the Excavation Fund and to appeal for the con- 

 tinuance and increase of the support which has enabled us to 

 proceed so far. We hope this summer to attack a new site, which so 

 far as we know has never yet been disturbedjand to continue the work 

 at Melandra. And on behalf of the General Committee it is well that 

 I should remind our members to make the Branch known as widely 

 as possible to all those who are likely to be interested in its objects, 

 so that its numbers may be maintained and increased, and its 

 general work prosperously continued. 



It is a pleasant duty to acknowledge how much our enterprise 

 owes to the kind help of many friends. First of all to Mr. Robert 

 Hamnett, (Hon. Secretary of the Glossop Natural History and 

 Archaeological Society) to whose skill and enthusiasm is due the 

 rescue of the site, the preservation of the remains, and the whole 

 possibility of any systematic study of the fort. All of us who have 

 been at work on the spot owe him an especial debt for his unwearied 

 kindness. Then to Mr. John Swarbrick, A.R.I.B.A., of Manchester, 

 for his generous help in surveying the site ; to Mr. Francis Jones, 

 M.Sc, for his kindness in analysing various substances found 

 in the camp; and to Mr. F. W. Parrott, of the Manchester 

 Grammar School, for the very great care and skill he devoted to 

 producing the photographs contained in this volume. Nor are we 

 less grateful to Professor William Ridgeway, of Cambridge, and Dr. 

 F. Haverfield, of Oxford, for valuable advice on many important 

 points. Other acknowledgements will be found in the particular 

 articles. 



It is, I suppose, forbidden to an Editor to express his gratitude 

 to his companions in producing a volume of this kind, however 

 generous he feels their help to have been ; but it is at least right 

 that I should record the debt of the Excavation Committee to the 

 experience and enthusiasm of their Hon. Secretary, Mr. F. A. Bruton, 

 M.A., and of all the contributors ] to Mr. W. J. Goodrich, M.A., 

 for his kindness in making the Index. Sic mos non uohis. 



Finally we have to thank the Publications Committee of the 

 University of Manchester for undertaking a considerable share of 



