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respectively. The work at Gelligaer has not gone far enough to be 

 included in the present report, but a summary of it will be submitted in 

 due course. 



The Committee asks to be reappointed with a further grant. 



APPENDIX A. 



Report on Plant Remains found in Excavations on the Roman Site at 

 Caerwent, 1907. % Arthue H. Lyell. 



The specimens of soil from wells and drains were practically devoid 

 of seeds, only a very few specimens existing in a large bulk of material 

 examined, and of these there is unfortunately nothing new to report. 



A few fragments of bone and insects were also found, the former of 

 which have been identified by Mr. E. T. Newton, and are given below. 



Pla)tt Remains. 



House v.— Well T (82). 

 Elder . . (Sambiwus nigra). 



White Goosefoot {Chenapodixtm album). 



{Polygonum). 

 Dock. , . {Ruvwx Acetosa ?), 



House VN.— From bottom of Well T (84). 

 White Goosefoot (Chenopodium a/fnim). 

 Dock. , , {Ruviex crispus ?). 

 Nettle . . \Urtica diuica). 



Top of Drain under wall of House XVI. 

 Grain of Wheat {Tritieum). 



Bones, 



House VN.— Box Drain S. end T (93). Top of Drain under wall of House XVI 

 Eoebuck phalange. Vole. 



Vole tooth. Shrew. 



Bird fragment. I Blindworm. 



Blindworra vertebra. ' Fish fragments. 



APPENDIX B. 



Report of Worh on Pre-Roman and Natural History Remains 

 at Corhridge, 1907-08. 



A. Pre-Roman Remains. — It has often been maintained that a pre- 

 Boman settlement existed at Corbridge, and Henry MacLauchlan "^ held 

 that such a settlement would explain the fact that the Roman road from 

 the south descends into the Tyne valley near Riding Mill, but does not 

 at once ci'oss the Tyne ; instead it follows the south bank for two miles 

 till opposite the site of Corstopitum. Accordingly a careful search was 

 made for prehistoric objects, and in particular a large trench, 80 feet 

 long, 5 feet wide, and in general 11 or 12 feot deep, was dug across the 

 lower part of the portion of the site under examination, under the 



' Mcmo'xT Tvritten during a Survey oftJie Boman Wall in 1S52-4 (London 1858). 



