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on Midsummer Hill is clearly traceable. The camp was 

 left by the Hast gate, where the incurved and overlapping 

 arms of the rampart on either side (intended to compel 

 assailants to expose their flanks to attack) are still 

 perfectly preserved ; and a rapid descent was made down 

 the steep slope to the water-works and filter-beds in the 

 Snowdrop Valley, now approaching completion. In the 

 excavations made for the foundations for the dam across 

 the valley, a large mass of compact crystalline non- 

 fossiliferous "archaean" limestone was exposed, traversed 

 by several basaltic and felspathic dykes. 



A short walk along a pretty country lane brought the 

 party to Little Malvern, where Mr Berrington had kindly 

 given permission to visit his gardens, containing some 

 fine cedars, a magnificent Portugal laurel spreading over 

 a space more than 300 feet in circumference, and an 

 equally remarkable lime tree. After inspecting the ruins 

 of the Priory on the south side of the Church the party 

 entered the Church itself, of which only the tower and 

 chancel are preserved, and used as a parish Church. Here 

 Mr Nott called attention to the two hagioscopes, (con- 

 nected, no doubt, with north and south side chapels, 

 now wholly destroyed), to the well-carved rood screen, 

 and to the remains of old stained-glass of the 15th 

 century, including figures of King Edward IV and his 

 Queen. 



The second Field Meeting was held at Cirencester, on 

 Thursday, the 28th of June. The day proved as enjoyable 

 as it was attractive, and the twenty-five miles drive from 

 Cirencester towards Somerford Keynes, thence through 

 Siddington and Preston to Ampney, and thence to 

 Fairford and back, was over a t3'pical tract of Cotteswold 

 upland. 



Cirencester has frequently been visited by the Club, 

 but Roman remains are constantly being turned up, and 

 in a collection formed by Mr Wilfred Cripps, C.B., during 



