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attached to the nail. The nails being about two inches long, Mr. 

 Scarth thought that the coffin must have been made from the rude 

 planks of a tree, or from planks sawn very thick. As many as 

 eight or nine interments have been traced, and the bodies appear 

 to have been placed north and south. The site is about half-a- 

 mile from the villa found in the Avon valley when the Great 

 Western Eailway was being made. The bronze beam of a balance 

 and some remains of fibula ai-e now in possession of the School- 

 master. The discovery of these remains, undoubtedly Eoman, is 

 an indication of the Roman population at Newton in early times. 

 Two coins, one a middle brass of the Emperor Maxim ian, and the 

 other a Gallienus, were also shown, and said to have been found in 

 the parish of Stanton Prior. 



The second walk was to Stauton Prior and Priston on 27th of 

 April. The Church at the former place, dedicated to St. Lawrence, 

 consists of a nave with Perpendicular tower at the west end, a 

 chancel, divided from the nave by a low arch with remains of a 

 stone perpendicular screen beneath ; the roof is waggon-shaped. 

 There is a 17th century monument to Thomas Cox, Esq., 1650, on 

 the wall of the nave ; a good Early English window on the side of 

 the chancel, a Perpendicular niche on south wall of the nave. The 

 base of the font is apparently Norman. On the south-east face of the 

 south- west Tower buttress are inscriptions to the Brookman family. 

 Since the visit of the Club the Church has been restored by Mr. 

 Davis. A pleasant walk of two miles across the fields took the 

 members to Priston Church, dedicated to St. Luke, with tower in 

 centre, between the chancel and nave. Restorations have recently 

 been made in this church, and painted glass windows inserted. 

 The third was to Faulkland, on the 29th, when the members took 

 the train to Freshford, and proceeded thence across the fields to 

 Philip's Norton, under the guidance of Mr. Moore. Before enter- 

 ing the latter village a quarry of cornbrash, with a considerable 

 depth of sand overlying it, was inspected. In a black band near 

 the surface Mr, Moore stated that he had foimd several bones of 

 fish, &c. A short visit was paid to the well-known George Inn, 

 the fine roof of which is sadly out of repair. The quany to the 

 south-west of the village, the object of the Chib's visit, is about 



