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byaspade, and.acrack or fire-flaw running round it, 
which not only rendered it useless for the purpose 
of holding liquor, but also made it much too 
fragile to bear carriage to any distance. I value 
this antigque above all I have ever discovered, and 
consider it, as to preservation, a unique specimen of 
Romanized-British manufacture. Allthe Roman 
villas and other buildings in this county appear to 
have been hastily destroyed by fire or otherwise ; 
and I have never heard of any vessels of pottery 
having been found in them entire. I value it from 
the situation in which it was discovered, as it at 
once convinced m&, that my theory, as to the pot- 
teries was correct. No situation could have been 
more convenient for the wörkmen, as with brocks 
of turf, plastered with clay, they could form com- 
fortable walls for their huts, and the various heaths 
served for an excellent covering. We often, in the 
present day, see decent cottages in the moor, built 
in this way, with the assistance of a frame work of 
wood, and the outside plastered with mortar. This 
custom might have been handed down by the 
Romanized-British inhabitants. 
Many years since, a great many moulds, for 
casting Roman coins, were found, in the parish 
of Chilton Polden, in a field, on the Nidon, 
or the little hill, at the northern foot of the Polden 
hill, and extending from that village, through 
Edington, Catcott, and Shapwick. Upon the 
26th day of August, 1835, almost adjoining 
