GLOUCESTER. 2^3 



ravon, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, when the old pavement 

 was being removed to prepare the ground for macadam- 

 izing. This shoe is in the possession of the Society of 

 Antiquaries of Scotland.' 



Gloucestershire, indeed, has long been famous for the 

 Roman and other ancient remains discovered in it from 

 time to time. The town of Gloucester boasts of a high 

 antiquity, it being the Caer Glowe or Glev of the Celts, 

 the termination -um being afterwards added, euplionice 

 gratia, to form the Glevum, the name by which the 

 Romans designated this large colonial city ; subsequently 

 it was the Gleow-ceaster of the Saxons. Its importance 

 to the ancient Britons and Romans may have been owing 

 not only to its situation on the banks of the Severn, but 

 also to its proximity to the great iron district of the 

 Forest of Dean. It is not to be wondered at, then, that 

 some of the finest specimens of farriery I have been able 

 to inspect should be discovered in this county. Some 

 years ago, when laying down sewers in the town of 

 Gloucester, many relics of antiquity were disinterred in 

 the excavations. In Northgate Street, at a depth of eight 

 or ten feet below the present level, which is also the usual 

 depth at which all other Roman remains, such as tesselated 

 pavements and the like, are found, and some seven or 

 eight inches below the pitched Roman road {via strata), 

 were found a number of horse-shoes and other articles of 

 the Roman period. Two of the shoes I have had the 

 opportunity of inspecting, and they correspond in every 

 particular with those already described as belonging to 



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