AN ACCOUNT OF A ROMAN PUBLIC WAY. 543 
boulders, in the corner of one of Mr. Blomiley’s 
fields, at the junction of the Synsley Brook and 
the Brookside Brook. 
And the ridge of the Road is very visible in 
the next field, called the Clough Croft, pointing 
to a large ash tree, near the gate, where it was 
found by one of Lord Francis Egerton’s game- 
keepers, when he was digging for rabbits. 
This line of road does not point, by Drywood 
House, to Blackrode; but, it continues nearly in 
the direction of the straight line over the Heath 
fields, and through Chorlton Fold, and points 
directly towards Wigan. The Road in Mr. 
Blomiley’s fields was ten or twelve yards wide ; 
but, the road found at Blackrode was only three 
yards wide. The road to Wigan was, evidently, 
to an important station, which, most probably, was 
Coccium ; but, the road to Blackrode was only a 
Vicinal road to the small Fort, in Castle Croft. 
The Roman Road is found again by the gravel 
and stones in the bank of the cutting for the 
Tram road, on the southwest side of Drywood. 
The Road continues in the same straight line, 
