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some of a base white metal, probably tin and copper. A 

 few are well executed, but generally they bear very coarse 

 impressions of the heads of the latter Roman Emperors, 

 i.e., Gallus, Tetricus, Philippus, Postliumus, Valerian, 

 Gallienus, Claudius, Quintillus, Probus, Victorinus, Maxi- 

 minian, Constantine, and a few others. These coins appear 

 to have been little worn by circulation, having probably 

 been coined, and some cast in moulds, for paying the 

 troops in this country ; and had been deposited not long 

 before the evacuation of the country by the Romans. 

 There are also frequently found deposits of smooth pebble- 

 stones, such as are seen on the sea coast, which no doubt 

 were used for slinging, and must have been dangerous pro- 

 jectiles to have come in contact with a human cranium. 



There are various outworks, which I think may be clearly 

 traced in the country around. On the south side of the 

 fosse, now the turnpike road, near Veim Bridge, and not 

 far from the section of the new railway, are two parallel 

 lines of entrenchment, in good preservation, about seventy 

 yards in length, not far from a field called Stanchester, 

 which was probably an out-station of the Romans, although 

 there are no remains visible, except stones burnt by fire, 

 turned up by the plough ; but tradition speaks of there 

 having been buildings thereon. In a field above Brimpton, 

 and near a spot called Camp, appear some raised lines of 

 earth, much like ramparts, which I think worthy of being 

 more carefuUy examined. These are near the road leading 

 eastwai-d from Hamdon Hill towards East Coker ; near 

 which was found, some years since, the beautiful fragment 

 of tesselated pavement, lately kindly presented to cur 

 Society by W. Helyar, Esq., which is now in our Taunton 

 Museum. I must here mention that in the same field from 

 whence it was exhumed, bearing the name of " Chesils," 



