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will be gratifying to the Club to know that efforts are now 

 being made to raise a subscription for that purpose. 



During the restoration of the Church many Roman remains 

 were discovered in the excavations, and one of these, a Roman 

 brick with a monogram and inscription, is placed in the wall 

 on the south-side of the chancel, where it is well preserved. 



After luncheon at the Berkeley Arms, the Club proceeded in 

 carriages into the country, the objects of interest being a 

 supposed British encampment and a large quarry of trap rock 

 in Michaelwood Chase. On the way the Club halted near Wick 

 to see the Gravel Pit in which were discovered the coins, pottery, 

 and human remauis shewn at the Castle in the morning. The 

 gravel consisted principally of Oolitic detritus. The bones and 

 pottery were found about two feet below the surface, resting on 

 gravel. The ground if more fully explored might yield some 

 interesting discoveries. 



On reaching Michaelwood, the so-called camp was examined, 

 but beyond a strong defensive position there was nothing to 

 indicate actual occupation. 



The quarry at the foot of the hill worked in a " greenstone 

 dyke " was visited by the Club in 1865, and reference to it will 

 be found in pages 22 and 23 of the proceedings C.N.F.C., 1866. 

 I now append a somewhat fuller notice of the rocks in question 

 which has been furnished by our associate the Eev. F. Smtthe. 



Note on the Trap Rocks of Wotton-undek-Edge. 



The Hornblendic Trap Rocks at Damory Bridge may be 

 correctly described as a fine-grained Serpentinous Greenstone 

 of schistose structure. Fragments of the rocks on examina- 

 tion show a coating of soft serpentinous matter, marked by 

 " Slickensides" polish, and a rude wavy structure, undulating 

 in the foliations, the surfaces being covered with a dark green 

 Hornblende in irregular aggregations of imperfect crystals. This 

 Greenstone, or Diorite, is generally of a fine-grained texture, 

 in colour cool grey, inclining to green. The Serpentinous 

 character is due to the metamorphism the rocks have undergone. 



