540 AN ACCOUNT OF A ROMAN PUBLIC WAY. 
‘“‘at the extremity of this, in the next, or Toad 
‘‘ Hill Field, and in that beyond both, it entirely 
“disappears ; and the Road is found only by the 
‘spade in the hither end of the second, and at 
‘‘the further of the third inclosure, and by the 
“ eravel, which it discovers lying upon the natural 
“soil. And, here the ridge seems to have been 
“‘taken away by the farmers, and the materials 
‘“‘have been dispersed with an equal hand over 
“a part of the sloping ground on the right.” — 
Hist. Man., Book I., chap. 4, sec. ili, pages 155 
and 156. Of the Roman Road, which was then 
so perfect, near Heath Lane, there are now very 
few traces remaining. 
In the next field to Heath Lane, on the Hope 
Hall side, the Road is still found, below the sur- 
face, by the large quantity of gravel, which is 
turned up by the plough ; and, there is no gravel 
in this field, except on the line of the Roman 
Road. 
In the old grassy lane, called Heath Lane, the 
Roman Road is easily seen by the broad ridge of 
earth and gravel, which crosses the lane. 
In the Toad Hill Field, which is the second field 
