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but when we consider the lapse of ages and that this district was 
occupied by a cell of Carthusian monks, who, no doubt, turned to 
account all the remnants of Roman work which could be made 
available for practical use, we are rather thankful to find so many 
indications still preserved. One lettered fragment I must notice, 
it isa portion of the outer rim of a mortarium, or cullander, the 
inner surface of which is powdered with small fragments of gravel 
for the purposes of triturating or pulverizing. The letters 
contained within a band, ornamented, are IVI. V., no doubt the 
name of the maker, a portion being broken away. A portion also 
of Samian ware much ornamented has the maker’s name, or that 
of the figure represented, but is, unfortunately, broken, and the 
only clear and well-defined letters are RV.; but a nearly perfect 
Samian vase has the potter’s stamp, A. POL. AVSTI. These are 
the last discoveries, 4th January, 1876. 
About two miles distant from Charterhouse in the direction of 
Wells and upon high ground, but situated in a small hollow on 
the top of Mendip, is Priddy, where are many old workings of 
lead and calamine. This parish is about five miles distant from 
Wells, and separated by a small rivulet, which forms the boun- 
dary between the two parishes. The church of Priddy retains all. 
its pre-reformation features, and has undergone no change by 
restoration since medieval times. The screen, pulpit, stone seat 
round the walls, all remain the same, and we can only regret that 
the damp and dust have been allowed to accumulate, and do the 
work of desecration. Were it not for this the church would be 
most interesting to the Ecclesiologist, and with a little care and 
judicious outlay might be made a model parish church. When 
the Club visited Ubley two years since, that curious and 
interesting church was ina very similar state, but now it has 
been redeemed from its forlorn condition, the square enclosures 
within it removed, and the walls and windows repaired, and it 
stands forth as beautiful as in early days; such is the change 
effected by judicious restoration ! 
