VOL. XVI. (2) SUPERFICIAL DEPOSITS 123 
ON A 
SECTION OF THE SUPERFICIAL DEPOSITS 
AND THE 
DISCOVERY OF ROMAN REMAINS 
AT 
THE GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL, GLOUCESTER 
BY 
L. RICHARDSON, F.L.S., F.G.S. 
(Read January 14th, 1908.) 
When the excavations for the foundations of_ the 
Girls’ High School at Gloucester were made, a considerable 
quantity of Roman pottery, bones, a Roman coin, and—it 
is said—a bracelet were found ; while an excellent view of 
the Superficial Deposits was to be obtained in the exten- 
sive trenches. 
My attention was drawn to the locality by Col. A. W. 
Jamieson, and I at once asked Mr E. Talbot Paris to visit 
the place. This he did, and he recommended that the 
excavations should be kept under observation. Accord- 
ingly, several visits were paid, and the result is the 
present short communication. 
The precise site of the School is in the triangular 
area at the junction of the Denmark and Lansdown Roads 
on the north side of the city. 
The deepest portion of the excavations was about 12 
feet, and proved the following succession of deposits, 
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