26o HORSE-SHOES AND HORSE-SHOEING. 



ruins of each occupier telling such a tale of ' mutability ' 

 as one spot has seldom told ; but, as is nearly always the 

 case, the Roman has left his mark indelibly fixed on those 

 walls and towers that at one time stood proudly above the 

 low shore, when the sea almost washed their base. The 

 Roman Castrum has an area of seven acres, but the 

 irregular form of the walls would indicate that here was a 

 British stronghold before the arrival of the Romans, The 

 shoe found within these ruins, and which is now in the 

 museum of Lewes Castle, Sussex, is larger than the speci- 

 mens we have yet examined, being 4| mches long and 4^ 

 wide. It does not appear to have been much worn, and 

 yet its thickness does not exceed ~ of an inch ; it has no 

 calkins, and both surfaces are flat. The border is un- 

 dulating, and the nail-cavities and holes are like those of 

 the Gloucester shoes. The workmanship is good, and 

 the nail-holes, six in number, well placed (fig. 97). 



A horse-shoe has been dis- 

 covered within the interest- 

 ing Roman encampment on 

 Hod Hill, Dorsetshire. This 

 camp appears to have been a 

 Celtic fastness made subserv- 

 ient to the Roman system of 

 fig. 97 "" castrametation, and was made 



a great military post by the Romans. In it weapons, 

 implements, and personal ornaments have been found in 

 considerable numbers, all manifesting an extraordinary 

 predominance of iron over bronze. One of the iron manu- 

 factories or smelting-places was discovered near this camp, 

 and from evidences attending the discovery, it was estab- 



