well to allude to this city, as, according to the Itineraries, 

 marking one point of its course. 



Before giving an account of the recent examination of its 

 course by Silbury, and the clear evidences of it that there 

 exist, I ought to mention that one of the chief difficulties in 

 its line is the direction which it took between Bath, or rather 

 between Bitton, and the point where it must have crossed 

 the Severn. Its course can be traced satisfactorily to Bitton, 

 and probably beyond, and the distances up to this point 

 agree with those marked in the Antonine " Itinerary " (Iter 

 XIV), but at Bitton we are .in doubt about the name, as the 

 Iter appears to be corrupted in the reading Abone must 

 surely be on the Avon, as Bitton is. Trajectus must sm-ely 

 be the passage of the Severn, where a ferry is required over 

 the estuary, not the mere crossing by a bridge. 



Sir R. C. Hoare traced the course of this road over 

 Durdham Down (near Clifton, where it is visible) to the great 

 station of Sea Mills, which he supposes to be Abona. At Sea 

 Mills there is a Roman station, and Roman remains have 

 been found. These are recorded in Seyer's " History of 

 Bristol," where a plan of the station is given (ch. ii.) ; and it 

 is very probable that the Romans had a port there, from 

 whence they could sail into Wales. Sea Mills being on the 

 Avon, might claim, as well as Bitton, the name Abona, but it 

 seems to have a better right than Bitton to that of Trajectus. 

 It probably was a point from whence the passage was often 

 made into Wales, although the road passed on from thence 

 to the shores of the Severn, near Aust. Sea Mills would cer- 

 tainly be a more sheltered station and a safer anchorage for 

 vessels than any creek near Aust. I wish to call the attention 

 of the Club to this point, and suggest to them that some 

 examination of this station should be made, as well as the line 

 of road from Sea Mills to the Severn. Between Clifton 

 Down and Sea Mills many Roman remains were found in 



