APPENDIX.—SEPULCHRAL REMAINS. 145 
It has been a subject of doubt if Bath was in Roman 
times a military station. The finding this slab leads to 
the supposition, that, in the near neighbourhood of Bath, 
if not in the city itself, was a station. 
I find that in April, 1822, stone coffins were discovered 
also at Coombe Down, near the site of these last, and that 
they lie in the same position as those already mentioned. 
The remains of a Roman station, near the spot, are also 
said to have been examined by the Rev. R. Warner, who 
traced the walls :——“ The two places laid open appeared to 
be parts of distinet structures, at a distance of 30 or 40 
yards asunder. That of the highest and most considerable, 
if we may judge from the ridges in the turf which ap- 
peared to mark out the continuance of it, formed the 
outline, in the shape of a parallelogram, the usual form of 
campi explorativi, but from its diminutive size, about 40 
paces long by 25 broad, it would seem to be the founda- 
tion of a building, perhaps a pr&torium or temple”’— 
Extract from the Bath and Cheltenham Gazette, April, 1822. 
Time and further excavations in this very interesting 
spot, may reveal more that is of historical value. It is 
however, not a little gratifying to the writer of this notice 
on Stone Cofäins, that the investigation of these curious 
remains should have led to the discovery of an inscription 
of such deep interest. Had former discoveries been accu- 
rately examined, no doubt other inscriptions might have 
been preserved from destruction, which would have thrown 
light upon the history of our native country, and the 
manners and habits of the times. 
Many curious facts have come to his knowledge since 
he commenced this enquiry, but if they were recorded, 
the length of this communication would be unduly ex- 
tended; he will hope, therefore, to produce them on some 
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