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The Club is much indebted to Mr. Hugh Thomas Evans for so readily point- 
ing out the most interesting localities on the spot, and for imparting the informa- 
tion gained by many years of observation. To the Rev. W. D. Ingham, of 
Leintwardine, warm thanks are also due for the exact plan, drawn to scale, 
which he has so kindly prepared for this paper. It shows the extent and position 
of the entrenchments much more clearly than any verbal description could do. 
But after all, neither words nor plans can ever equal the impression produced by 
the actual inspection of such massive and interesting works. They must be seen 
and studied to be properly appreciated. 
CICUTIO or CIRCUTIO. 
This Roman Station is not mentioned either by Ptolemy or Antonine. It is 
named, however, with five others by the anonymous geographer of Ravenna, in 
his Chorography as existing between Caerleon and Magna. Baxter in his Glossa- 
rium Antiquitatum Britannicarum, placed it at Stretton Grandison, and it appears 
here on all the old maps. The Roman road from Magna enters that from Bravi- 
nium and Blackwardine at a right angle, and tradition assigns its place in the 
south-west corner near the junction of the roads. Its exact site was not known, 
however, until it was accidentally discovered by Messrs. Stephen and Philip 
Ballard in 1842, when making the Ledbury and Hereford Canal. On the banks 
of the river Frome, in a flat meadow called ‘‘ Budbury,” about half-a-mile from 
the Camp on the hill, it was necessary to dig a square hole 60 feet by 40 feet, and 
12 feet deep, in order to lay the foundation for the aqueduct to carry the canal 
over the river. The excavation was made in the open meadow, and the large 
arch forming the aqueduct was first built and the river slightly diverted from its 
channel was turned through it. -Towards the bottom of the excavation black soil 
was met with containing a large number of bones of sheep and cattle and horses, 
particularly blade bones. On examining more closely, a pair of Roman weight 
seales (which would be the modern steelyards only they are made of copper) were 
found with the weight attached; a Roman coin of small brass; a couple of gold 
bracelets, one made of coiled gold wire, and the other a flat gold band with light 
scroll work upon it, each fastened with simple hooks ; fragments of Samian ware 
with animals embossed in relief; and many pieces of coarse pottery. A round 
ball of stone, two inches in diameter, like a small cannon ball, was also found. 
Budbury meadow at the present time is extremely liable to be flooded by the 
muddy waters of the river Frome. It is below the Camp and to the west of it, 
near Canon Frome canal wharf. 
The Camp on the hill is very extensive, and were it not for the trees upon it 
would command a wide view of the surrounding district. It does not at this time 
(1882) present any regular lines of fortification, and the ‘‘Square Camp,” spoken 
of by most writers, is no longer apparent. On the south side,.a long artificial 
escarpment leads up toward the Camp, and near the top of the hill a deep fosse 
takesits place. There are also signs of a ditch near the northern end of the Camp, 
and scattered all about it are a nuinber of rough single stones, that do not seem to 
belong naturally to the situation. Its surface is covered with timber, and a clump 
