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alone remain now, but Mr. Davey, the Lord of the Manor, had 

 been superintending some excavations here in the morning, and 

 had uncovered the portion of a third from which two other large 

 blocks had been broken off, according to Mr. Matthews some 42 

 years ago, and are now lying in the hedge. The stones are Dolomitic 

 Conglomerate, and probably have been brought from some 

 distance, as that rock does not occur close at hand. After due 

 inspection of the stones and some photographs had been taken, 

 the members walked across to Tracey Park and partook of the 

 grateful hospitality of Mr. Davey. After lunch a part returned 

 to Bath by the Granville Monument and the rest prolonged their 

 walk round by Bitton. 



The second was on Jan. 2nd, 1888, to Northstoke, the object 

 being to inspect the stone coffin and skeleton lately found just 

 under the brow of the hill. Crossing the Roman Camp behind 

 the Grand Stand, the rampart surrounding it stood out in marked 

 prominence owing to the shortness of the herbage and the low 

 position of the sun on the other side throwing its slanting rays 

 athwart it. Passing over the outer rampart and ditch of the 

 pre-Roman fortification, and following the escarpment to the 

 promontory above the Church, whence a fine view of the Avon 

 winding through the valley was seen, a descent was made to 

 Church Farm, where the proprietor, Mr. Gibbs, had carefully 

 conveyed the coffin and skeleton. The body of the coffin was 

 quite perfect, and had been roughly hewn out of the Great 

 Oolite which caps the hill, measuring 6ft. 6in. on the outside 

 and 5ft. 11 in. inside ; 18in. in its broadest part at the 

 shoulder and 7iin at the foot ; thickness from 3 to 4 in. 

 It was covered by three slabs of the same material, the 

 portion covering the head was exposed at the surface when 

 found, and the whole only a few inches below the soil. The 

 bones of a male, supposed to be Roman by Dr. Beddoe, were 

 lying at the bottom, and the whole had been filled by the natural 

 earth which had found its way into the interior through the 



