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Romans when they had obtained possession of Somerset probably 
put these workings under tribute and improved the manner of 
working the ore. 
The Roman road throughout the Mendips passes on into 
Wiltshire and is traced to Old Sarum. 
The spot where Roman remains have been found most 
abundant is at Charterhouse on Mendip, about four miles from 
Dolebury.* Here are traces of a Roman Camp not far distant from 
the present smelting works, and a small Camp Amphitheatre on 
the south side of the hill, about a quarter of a mile from the 
Camp. Very little remains of the Camp, but enough to show it 
was of the ordinary oblong form with a bank of earth cast up out of 
the surrounding ditch, and this had been crowned by a palisade. 
It is in the open ground in the valley, and in structure and 
position quite different to Dolebury, and enclosing not more than 
two acres of land. The Roman Camps along the line of Roman 
road are small and much less fortified than the older Camps on 
the tops of the hills. 
The ridges of the Mendip are here crowned with Barrows 
which stand out in bold relief against the horizon. The most 
remarkable are at Priddy, where are also circles of large diameter 
formed of earth, and which seem to be of a date anterior to the 
Roman occupation, and indicate a population of considerable 
extent, dispersed along the ridges of the Mendip, of which 
Dolebury was probably the stronghold and primitive fortress. 
The Beginnings of the Bath Newspaper Press, By HAROLD 
Lewis, B.A. 
(Read Jan. 18th, 1882.) 
Though my colleague, of whose censure we all stand in 
wholesome dread, is constantly remonstrating against the pre- 
ponderance of the antiquarian element in the Club, there is, I 
* The manager of the mines, Mr. Rogers, has formed a very interesting 
Collection of Roman remains found around Charterhouse. 
