BETWEEN MANCHESTER AND RIBCHESTER. 11 
ground directly before us. The line of the 
Roman road here is on the left hand side of the 
public road, and very distinct remains may be 
observed as we pass along in a continuous ridge, 
running between the houses of the village, many 
of which stand, filthy as some of them are, on 
classical ground. A house falling to ruins shows 
here the remarkable feature of having a part of 
its foundation laid across the very summit of the 
Roman road, which in its full characters it pre- 
serves. Descending from Blacksnape, the line 
of the Roman road is left for a short distance in 
the fields where it is scarcely distinguishable, 
until we come nearly opposite Ellison fold, where 
it again approaches the public road, and is visible 
as a slightly elevated ridge and white line, till it 
crosses the road; and continues as an intercepted 
white line through the fields, here and there a 
little elevated, until it passes Harwood fold, be- 
low which it falls in with a foot-path and fence, 
and proceeds along with them nearly to where it 
again crosses the public road. A small rill of 
water follows the line of the fence and the road. 
Cutting off a small corner of the field after cross- 
ing the public road, it falls in with the garden and 
farm-yard of Davy Field, where are very marked 
remains. Indeed, the most convincing remains 
