ROMAN REMAINS IN MARSDEN, BRIER- 
CLIFFE AND EXTWISTLE. 
An Excursion was made on Saturday, July 19th, 1879, 
under the leadership of Mr. Clement for the object of visiting 
the Roman Remains, which are scattered throughout Marsden, 
Brierclifie and Extwistle. The evidences of Roman and sub- 
sequent occupations on the range of hills between Colne and 
Burnley, are so numerous and important as to have elicited from 
more than one writer on the subject, the opinion that they are 
unequalled in any part of the kingdom. Beyond the interest 
attaching to the examination of these antiquities, the Excursion 
offered the attractions of a country ramble. Notwithstanding the 
unpropitious state of the weather at the time of leaving Burnley, 
there was a goodly muster of members determined to explore the 
places enumerated in the circular and marked on the sketch map 
which had been issued. Contrary to the original intention to 
proceed from Nelson, through the grounds of Marsden Hall, to 
Caster Cliff, the first object to be visited, Colne was made the 
starting point, and some distance was thereby saved. From 
Colne the ascent of the steep road by which Caster Cliff is reached 
was made. This important Station, ‘‘ whose name is full of 
Roman life,’ is situated on the Roman Road between Colne 
(Colunio) and Slack, near Huddersfield (Cambodunum) and at 
the junction of this with the vicinal way from Ribchester (Rigo- 
dunum) to Ilkley (Alicana). The intrenchments form a paral- 
lelogram, measuring about 550 feet long by 520 feet broad, but 
the walls appear to have enclosed an area of about 380 feet in 
length by 840 in breadth. The Camp has been protected on the 
south-west front by a deep gully, and also by a double vallum and 
fosse, which are still entire about the whole crest of the mound. 
There remain half-buried beneath the soil the stones which 
formed the fortification, presenting mostly an appearance of 
having been subject to great heat. Opinions were advanced to 
account for this appearance, and also for the presence of several 
circular holes in the summit of the mound. These may at one 
time have been roofed in for the shelter of the occupiers of the 
Camp, and probably in these the cooking operations were per- 
formed. In clear weather the view from this ancient stronghold 
