10 PAPEIIS, ETC. 



the terminal BRIG., which must have alluded to the 

 Brigantes, as the inhabitants of the district.* 



DERBYSHIRE. 



In April, 1777, a pig of lead was found on Cromford 

 Nether Moor, near Matlock. It was the property of Peter 

 Nightingale, Esq., the ancestor of Florence Nightingale, 

 and was by him presented to the British Museum in 1797. 

 It is inscribed thus : 



IMP. CMS. HADRIANI AVG. MEI. LVI. 

 The letter i repeated near the end is supposed to stand 

 for T, and MET. lvt. for Metallum Lutudarense, the name 

 of the mine. The ground of this supposition will appear 

 hereafter. The weight of the pig is 1261b, which is 

 supposed to be a sufficient load for a small horse to carry 

 day after day on bad roads.f 



Another pig, the property of Adam Wollay, Esq., of 

 Matlock, was found on Matlock Moor in 1783, and given 

 to the British Museum together with the last. It is much 

 smaller than those already mentioned. The inscription 

 npon it is read as follows : 



L. ARVCONI VERECVNDI METAL. LVTVD. 

 Ilere we have the name, as I formerly explained, of a 

 private miner, or lead merchant ; and the abbreviations, 

 metal. lvtvd., are explained as referring to Lutudarum, 

 a Roman Station, mentioned by Ravennas, which was at 



* Sir Henry Ellis, Townley Gallert/, II. pp. 287, 288. Phillips, Rivers 

 and Mountains of YorJcshire, p. 37, 72. Ward, Considerations on a dratight 

 of two large pieces of lead with Roman inscriptions upon ihem found in 

 YorJcshire, Phil. Trans., vol. xlix. part 2., p. 694. Pennant, Tour in 

 Wales, p. 51-53. 



| Dr. Pegge, in tlio Arcliaologia, vol. v., p. 309-375. Sir Henry Ellis, 

 TownUy Qallery, n., p. 290. Baternan, Ant. of Derbyshire, p. 131. 



