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 REPORTS FROM SECTIONS. 



JlrcBaeorogicar ^ecUoxx, 



President ... A. S. Owen, Esq. 

 Secretary ... G. B. Allen. 



/^^/T)^ E had several interesting expeditions during the year 



ill 1902, principally to Churches in the neighbourhood. 



\|^\^ J Among these we have visited Winchcombe, where 



\ we divided our attention between the fascinating 



"§"'>' gru''g'oyles, one of whom wears the medieeval equivalent for 



a chimneypot hat, and the violent proceedings of a high-spirited 



mare which was fairly making things hum in the streets of the 



sleepy little town. Other churches visited were Woolston, 



Dowdeswell, Whittington, Badgworth, Shurdington, and most 



interesting of all^ Deerhurst. 



One great privilege fell to the lot of the members of our 

 Section in the Summer, as we were taken by Mr. G. B. Witts, 

 a first-rate authority on the subject of Roman and British 

 remains, over the top of Leckhampton Hill and shown the 

 extremely interesting camp and its surroundings ; the curious 

 and unexplained burnt earth was pointed out, and our indigna- 

 tion was excited against the wanton destruction of a remarkable 

 barrow on the top of the hill. For his kindness in taking the 

 members round and entertaining them at his house the Section 

 owes Mr. Witts its most grateful thanks, as also for the 

 extremely lucid lecture on the British and Roman remains in the 

 neighbourhood which he gave in the Winter term. It may be 

 mentioned that as a direct outcome of the last the President and 

 Secretary of the Section made a personal investigation of a site 

 where Roman remains have been found, and discovered — nothing ! 

 It is to be hoped that others will emulate their zeal, but be 

 rewarded with greater success. Roman bricks and even coins 

 are constantly being found in this neighbourhood and an obser- 

 vant eye may constantly be rewarded. 



