AN ACCOUNT OF A ROMAN PUBLIC WAY. 551 
orchard, on the east side of Gadbury Fold. It 
may be remarked, that the line of the Road is 
indicated by Gadbury, which is Good-fort. 
The Road appears to cross the Bolton Railway, 
near the Whistle Post, at Gadbury Fold. 
The Road has deviated a little from the straight 
line, that it might go up to the Fort, on the high 
ground, at Gadbury Fold; and, having passed 
Gadbury Fold, it returns again to the direct line 
to Wigan. 
The gravel of the road is again found, near a 
Gate, in the hedge of the second field, beyond 
Gadbury Fold. 
The Road appears to cross Lover’s Lane, a 
little below the orchard, at Four Lane-ends, in 
Atherton. 
The Road is again visible where it crosses an 
old lane, called Small Brook Lane, a little below 
the New Barn. 
The line of the Roman Road is again disco- 
vered by the stones and gravel in the bank, in 
