COTHELSTON HILL. 3) 
Cangi of Shropshire; but, in order to see that sea, Ostorius 
must have penetrated beyond their territories into those of 
the Ordovices, while here, on a line of hills which the 
learned Camden states to have been occupied by the 
Cangi, he had seen the sea which may well be said to 
look towards Ireland, immediately below him. These bar- 
rows are the marks of battle. Roman and British orna- 
ments have been found in the immediate vicinity; and 
there is the Uxella to the mouth of which we know that 
he penetrated. 
“During 400 years of Roman occupation, no doubt the 
inhabitants of the distriet before us partook of that civili- 
zation, and admixture of Roman blood, which converted 
the barbarian Celt into the polished Romanized Briton. 
The British foss-way leading from Bath to Seaton was 
adopted by the Romans, and became one of their great 
highways. Cadbury, Ham Hill, and Neroche were occu- 
pied by their troops. The mines of Mendip and Brendon 
were extensively worked; and even on Blackdown there 
have been found traces of mining operations. Villas have 
been discovered at Pitney, Coker, Combe St. Nicholas, 
and without doubt existed in many other places. Roman 
coins have been found from time to time, particularly at 
Conquest, immediately below us, and at Holway, a little 
beyond Taunton, at both which places large deposits of 
money have been discovered ; those at Conquest in such 
numbers, and in such a perfect state of preservation, as to 
render it probable that a mint existed there, in confirma- 
tion of which, some years ago several large balls or lumps 
of metal resembling lead, probably the debased silver so 
often used in the Roman coinage, are said to have been 
found there, though I have not as yet succeeded in traeing 
any of them. 
1854, PART. c 
