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half of the eighteenth century. About 1 760-80 the site was several times 

 visited and described by the Derbyshire antiquary Samuel Pegge, in 

 1761 ; by John Whitaker, historian of Manchester, in 1767 ; by William 

 Bray, afterwards historian of Surrey, about 1777 and its military 

 character was correctly understood. To this period of recognition 

 succeeded 120 years of neglect. Little (as it seems) was found, and 

 certainly little was recorded. Finally, in August, 1903, Mr. John 

 Garstang made a brief trial of excavation on behalf of the county archaeo- 

 logical society. 



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FIG. 9. THE FORT AT BROUCH, AS EXCAVATED BY MR. GARSTANG IN 1903. 

 (Derbyshire Anheeohgcal Journal?) 



The remains at present known to us exhibit an auxiliary fort of the 

 ordinary type, though of somewhat small dimensions (fig. 9). In shape this 

 fort was a rectangular oblong with rounded corners ; in size it measured 

 about 285 feet by 340 feet, and its internal area, exclusive of the defences, 

 amounted to some 2^ acres. With an inaccuracy which is common in 



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