PROCEEDINGS OF THE COTTESWOLD CLUB 13 



trouiih in the Inferior Oolite beds some six miles wide 

 and 30 feet deep. 



Other sections on the hill were visited under Mr 

 Upton's guidance. He drew attention to particular 

 features of the Upper Freestone, and to a very noticeable 

 trough-fault where the Upper Trigonia-grit had been let 

 down some 10 feet. The remaining sections of the Pea- 

 grit and the lower beds of the Inferior Oolite had to be 

 hurried over for want of time. 



As the party walked across the common, the Rev. E. 

 Cornford directed attention to the very large number 

 of shallow depressions which many antiquaries regard as 

 remnants of Pit-dweUings. In a brief paper Mr Cornford 

 summarised the evidence for and against this theory, 

 leaving members to form their own conclusions. As a 

 further aid in doing so, Mr Upton pointed to a slight 

 mound and ditch following an irregular line across the 

 hill, and to the fact that all the depressions are on one 

 side (the western) of this hne. Descending the precipi- 

 tous hillside, the members rejoined the break at Selsley 

 Church, and drove through Stanley Park and Dudbridge 

 to Stonehouse. 



The most largely attended Field Meeting of this Club 

 m recent years was that held on Friday, July 26, when 

 about forty members and friends arrived at Newport, 

 ready for a drive to Caerleon and Caerwent. The latter 

 place was visited by the Club in 1876, when it was 

 included in a day's journey from Portskewett to Sudbrook 

 Camp and Caldicot Castle. This was the first time, 

 however, that the Club had gone to Caerleon, a fact 

 which partially accounted for the large attendance ; for 

 those who are acquainted with the history of the Roman 

 invasion and settlement in the western part of the 

 kingdom, are aware that the first Roman force that 

 occupied the Cotteswold area and then built Gloucester, 

 afterwards pushed forward into South Wales, and 



