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about nine inches in diameter. Mr. Moore then read a very 
interesting paper on the building then under examination, and 
traced portions of the walls into a field on the further side of 
the railway embankment. 
After a hasty visit to the residence of Mr. Moorsg, with scant 
time to glance at his interesting collection of coins and other 
Roman antiquities, the party made their way to Salmonsbury 
Camp, conducted by Mr. Moorz, Mr. Wirrs, and the Rev. E. F. 
Wirts. This camp encloses a very large area, the two sides 
being upwards of 550 yards long, extending in one direction to 
the river Windrush. At various points of the outer boundary 
the earth had been removed and the walling laid bare. There 
can be little doubt, judging by its construction, that this dry 
walling is of early British and pre-Roman work, though doubt- 
less the British entrenchment was occupied by the Romans, in 
illustration of which there was found within the area of the 
entrenchment a bundle of curious unfinished iron sword blades, 
similar to those discovered at Hod Hill, in Dorsetshire, and 
referred to in Wricut’s “Celt Roman and Saxon.” Several of 
these were seen in the collection of Mr. Moors, and examples 
should, if possible, be secured for the County Museum. 
As regards the word ‘“‘Salmonsbury,” Mr. Wirrs thinks there 
can be little doubt of its pre-Roman construction. He is my 
authority for stating that the first recorded mention of it is in 
Kempsue’s “ Codex Diplomaticus,” Charter 137, Offa, A.D. 779. 
The Third Field Meeting was held on Tuesday, 12th July, at 
THE BLACK HORSE INN, BIRDLIP, 
than which there are few more beautiful spots in the Cotteswolds. 
The day was all that could be desired—cloudy, with a pleasant 
breeze and a warm sun—and proved highly favourable for the 
execution of the prescribed programme, which comprised an 
examination of an extensive system of earth-works (not hitherto 
noticed) at Cooper’s Hill, and a visit to the West Tump barrow 
in Cranham woods, which had yielded such interesting results 
to the investigations of Mr. Wirrs and Professor RotuEston. 
