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Hertfordshire. — It is reported that the County Council are 

 taking steps, presumably under the ancient Monuments Act, to 

 schedule all the Roman, or reputed Roman, roads in the couijty. 



Hertford. — The Corporation of Hertford has been 



granted, by Lord {Salisbury, a 75 years' lease of Hertford Castle 



at the nominal ground rent of 2s. 6d. a year. The grounds, 



contain the keep-mount, the bailey with its curtain-wall, turret, 

 and fifteenth century gate-house. 



Lancashire. — Mr. J. D. M. Dobson, President of the North 

 Lonsdale Field Club, reports that in his district the owners of 

 property on which ancient earthworks are situated generally concern 

 themselves in their preservation. 



Leicestershire — Kirkby Muxloe. — Major R. N. Winstanley, of 

 Braunstone Hall, the owner of Kirkby Muxloe Castle, has placed 

 it under the care of the Inspector of Ancient Monuments. 



Somerset. — The Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural 

 History Society has drawn up a short list of camps, earthworks, 

 and other ancient monuments in Somerset, which are suffering 

 from neglect or active interference. This list was submitted to the 

 County Records Committee of the Somerset County Council and 

 has been forwarded by them to H.M. Office of Works. 



Surrey. — The Surrey County Council has appointed a 

 Committee to consider the question of the preservation of Surrey 

 antiquities, and the Council of the Surrey Archaeological Society 

 has decided to compile a list of all the important ones. 



St. George's Hill, Weybridge. — At the annual meeting 



of the Surrey Archaeological Society in April last it was reported 

 that serious danger from building operations had threatened St. 

 George's Hill, "Weybridge. There is an exceptionally fine early 

 British camp on the hill, whose importance has recently been 

 enhanced by numerous finds of pottery and weapons in the 

 neighbourhood. The most interesting features of the hill were in 



