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without observing the coins, and these were thrown with the earth. 

 General Pitt Rivers, in conclusion, said there was no doubt in his mind 

 that Bokerley Dyke was Roman or post-Roman. 



The party then drove to the Dyke, six miles distant from Farnham, 

 but before they reached it a very severe storm of rain was encountered, 

 w r hicli curtailed the pleasure of the visit very seriously. General Pitt 

 Rivers, however, who kindly conducted the party over the work in spite 

 of the weather, pointed out the place where he had cut through the 

 rampart and found the escarps of the Dyke. Nothing Saxon, he said, 

 had been found. He pointed out the way in which silting had 

 rounded the escarps of the Dyke. With regard to supposing this 

 to be the site of Vindogladia, he said that one reason in favour of 

 this was that Vindogladia was twelve Roman miles from Sarum, 

 which was the exact distance of this spot. Another reason w r as that 

 the Roman Road ran in a direct line from Sarum to that point, and 

 from there in a direct line to Badbury. At this particular spot, 

 however, it turned, and as that was the only turn in the road from 

 Sarum to Badbury it must have been a very important place. The name 

 Vindogladia might have bee*h derived from " Vint," signifying white, and 

 " Gladh," a rampart, which must have been at the time of its construction 

 a conspicuous white chalk object towering over the green sw r ard. 



The rain continuing to fall heavily the party was obliged to break up, 

 and this most interesting meeting was brought to an unsatisfactorily 

 premature conclusion. 



THE FIRST WINTER MEETING IN THE COUNTY MUSEUM. A meeting 

 was held in the County Museum at Dorchester on Friday, November 

 28th, and although the weather was extremely cold there was a large 

 attendance. The President was unable to attend, therefore his place was 

 occupied by the Rev. 0. P. Cambridge. Five new members were duly 

 proposed and elected. After some matters of business had been brought to 

 the notice of the members the various subjects enumerated on the printed 

 programme for the day w r ere taken in order. The first of them was a 

 paper on "Roman Fortifications with special reference to those of 

 Dorchester" by the Rev. W. Miles Barnes. This will be found printed 

 in full at p. 135 of this volume. A discussion ensued on the conclusion 

 of this paper. Mr. Moule remarked that a gate, other than those 

 mentioned in the paper had been identified by Mr. Jowett, the late town 

 surveyor, who unearthed the foundation in Gallows Hill, which appeared 

 to be Roman, and it seemed to him (Mr. Moule) that from the many 

 references to Durngate in the Dorchester "Doomsday" these foundations 



