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to spots once frequented and celebrated, now deserted and silent. 

 The old road at Bathford, the ferry at Bathampton, and the roads 

 leading to it, may possibly contain a tacit allusion to the ancient 

 greatness of Solsbury." 



The importance of this suggestion is confirmed by observation 

 of the field-path leading to Solsbury, from above the Swainswick 

 hi<^h road. It seems to lead no ./here but to the hill and the 

 fields around it, so that there can never have been much trafiic 

 along it in modern times ; the gates are all fast locked, I know 

 not whether by right or not ; it seems very little used. Never- 

 theless it is marked by the remains of pavement, some of the 

 stones being of considerable size. I can see no sufficient purpose 

 for paving such a path in recent times, and I therefore conclude 

 that the road is ancient. The stones would no doubt easily be 

 obtained from the rampart of Solsbury, but there seems no 

 motive for laying them on a little-used field path, while there 

 would be good reason for a well-made approach to an important 

 military post. This road leads up to the western and apparently 

 the principal entrance to Solsbury. To the right of this path as 

 you ascend, in the next field is a slightly raised bank, with a 

 broad flat top like a road. I wish some geologist would decide 

 whether this elevation is natural or artificial. I ask for a similar 

 decision as to a steep and very regular bank somewhat lower, and 

 • only a short distance above the high road. 



The old roads about Lansdown have been in many places 

 obliterated. The steep narrow lane leading from Weston to the 

 top of Pen Hill may be a British trackway. When we reach the 

 top of this lane we find a remarkable road leading from Pen Hill 

 to Kelston Round-hill. I see this round hill spoken of by Phelps 

 as Kelweston Beacon. If it was the site of an ancient beacon 

 there would be good reason for a road being made to it. Some 

 traces of the road however continue nearly to the Via Julia, 

 to which it is at right angles. May this have been the com- 

 munication between the cattle station and the principal camp 1 It 

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