542 AN ACCOUNT OF A ROMAN PUBLIC WAY. 
‘retaining an evident elevation, and pointing im- 
“mediately by Drywood House to Shaving-lane, 
“or Shaving-street, about half a mile beyond it. 
«« The name is preserved by a direct and open 
“Jane, for a mile together, and lost only in that 
“of Stany-street, a little on this side of Walk- 
“den Moor. There the Roman becomes the 
“present way, and passes in a right line by 
“Street-gate towards the village of Blackrode. 
“And, here it was discovered, about sixteen 
‘‘ years ago, parallel with the present road, and 
“at a little distance from it; lying a foot below 
“the surface, covered with a strong crop of 
‘“‘furzes and briers, and three yards in breadth, 
‘‘and eight or nine in length.”—Hist. Man., 
Book I, chap. 4, sec. 3, pages 156 and 157. 
Almost every trace of this road has disappeared 
in the Westwood fields. 
In Elias Chadwick’s second field, which was 
formerly Mr. Watson’s second field, it was found 
by the gravel in the ditch, on the west side of the 
field, by Mr. James Richardson, of Ashton-in- 
Makerfield. 
The Road is found again by the gravel and 
