530 AN ACCOUNT OF A ROMAN PUBLIC WAY. 
or near the road; so the road is indicated by 
Caer-common, which is the fort on the common ; 
by Amberswood, which is the fort in the wood, 
near the water; by Ellenbrough, which is the 
stone fort near the water; and in Scotland by 
Borrens. In the same manner, Walton is Vall- 
ton, or Village-fort. 
It often happens, that, in old grassy lanes, on 
barren heaths, and in corners of fields which have 
escaped cultivation, very perfect remains of the 
Roman Road may still be found. Of this there 
is a remarkable instance, in the Park at Haydock 
Lodge, where the Roman Road seems, even now, 
as perfect as when it was first made. It is thus 
described by the Rev. Mr. Whitaker, in his His- 
tory of Manchester, book 1, chap. v., sec. 4, page 
210, second edition :—‘ Just beyond the village 
‘‘of Ashton, and close to the Hall of Haydock, on 
‘¢a slight deviation of the present road, to the 
“right, it very plainly appears. Entering the 
“Paddock, at a large Ash, it continues along it 
‘‘about six hundred yards ; and then regains the 
“rectified line of the present road. Running 
‘about three hundred, along the edge of the 
‘‘ Paddock, it crosses the back avenue to the 
‘house, and is levelled to admit the plain of it. 
