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top than at tlie bottom, showing that tlie fire came froni 

 above. Several skeletons liad also been fonnd in a posi- 

 tion in a pit, which showed they had either fallen in, or 

 were cai-elessly thrown in. Fragments of Eoman reraains 

 had been removed from a spot five or six yards in diameter, 

 sufficient to fill thirteen or fonrteen large baskets. These 

 were the only remains of undoubted Roman date, which 

 had been discovered. The constructors of these curious 

 habitations appeared to have been unable to work through 

 the solid limestone, and had, therefore, foUowed the strata 

 of the stone. He was of opinion that the huts now opened 

 were neither granaries, nor tombs, nor permanent resi- 

 dences, but simply places of shelter in time of danger ; 

 that the roofs had been destroyed by fire ; that the place 

 was not occupied after the Roman Invasion ; that a very 

 considerable time elapsed between the destruction of the 

 roofs and the deposits of the skeletons ; and that a despe- 

 rate struggle once took place there. (Some of the most 

 curious of the abovc articles are figured in tlie accompany- 

 ing plates.) Much remained for further investigation, 

 which he trusted to be able to follow up in the course of 

 the next summer. 



At noon the Company proceeded on an Excursion to 

 Hinton Abbey, Farleigh Castle, and Norton St. Phillips. 

 At Farleigh, the excursionists wei'e hospitably entertained 

 at the Vicavage, by the Rev. S. Clarke, who read a 

 Paper on the Antiquities of the Castle, by the Rev. J. E. 

 Jackson, which is given in Part II. 



At Norton, Dr. Tunstall gave a short description of 

 the old Inu and the Church. (For the former of these, see 

 the frontispiece). 



After a dinner at the York House, the Meeting was 

 resumed at the Assembly Rooms, at Eight o'clock. 



