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Andoversford. Such a road we have in the disused 

 Sandy-lane and a Hne of road (the Old Bath road, Hale's 

 road, and Cemetery road) to Prestbury, which until 

 recently was the boundary between Cheltenham and 

 Charlton Kings ; and from Prestbury to Clecve Cloud 

 there is the road described in Ogilby's book. Allusion 

 has already been made to the proljability that Sandy-lane 

 and Sandford Bridge indicate a Roman way. To this 

 evidence for place-names may be added that not only are 

 there, as already mentioned, paving-stones in the bed of 

 the stream at Sandford Bridge but that in the road 

 climbing the Cleeve escarpment the edgings of a stone 

 pavement may still be seen. From Sandford Bridge only 

 a short length of road would be required for a connection 

 with Greenway-lane and the track-way over Hewlett's Hill 

 to Andoversford. 



In connection with these two valley roads, reference 

 should be made to a camp on the summit of Battledown. 

 It is somewhat singular that this camp has never been 

 included in the printed hsts of Cotteswold camps. 

 What its age may be is doubtful ; but considering its size 

 (about ten acres), the strength of its embankments, and 

 its short distance from the camp on Hewlett's Hill, it was 

 in all probability occupied in Roman times if not earlier. 

 Commanding as it did two important track-ways at its 

 base, it was not likely that the Romans would have left 

 such a position open for occupation by their enemies. 



Lastly, we want a road extending from the Seven 

 Springs to Cirencester. There is an old track-way, a 

 continuation of Sandy-lane, which runs past Norbury 

 camp to Colesborne. From that village, and west of the 

 present high road, which is quite a modern one, an old 

 track-way passes Combend Roman villa, North Cerney 

 camp, and the remarkable entrenchments at Bagendon, 

 whence it continued to Cirencester along the valley of the 

 Churn through Baunton and Stratton. 



