238 List of Prehistoric, Roman, and Pagan Saxon AntiqvAtifS. 



Roman. Ermine Street resumes its straight course S.E. at Calcutt Bridge. 

 O.M. 5 SW. Stukeley says Cricklade was probably a Koman town. 

 Square embankment round the town \ mile long on each side clearly 

 discernible in 1870 except where destroyed by houses. S.W. corner 

 in meadow adjoining St. Sampson's ch. yd. ; N.W. corner at N. end 

 of Longclose ; N.E. corner in meadow adjoining Abingdon Court ; 

 S.E. corner in Paul's Croft. Many Roman coins found. Roman 

 bricks found in restoring St. Mary's Ch., 1862. W.A.M. xii. 126. 

 [For finds in neighbourhood see Latton.] 



CKUDWELL. 



Barrows. Aubrey writes " In this parish are several barrows . . . 

 There is a hamlet called Chedslow, near to which place is a barrow 

 or two . . ." Canon Jackson adds (1862) " of the barrows one 

 or two are left. That at Chedslow itself has been " hauled away to 

 fill up quarries," the field is still called barrow field. Jackson's 

 Aubrey, 213. No barrows are shown on O.M. 



Finds, Neolithic. 3 very fine polished flint celts, 9in. long, which had 

 apparently never been used, found 1862 lying together. 2 in Devizes 

 Museum Cat. II. 7 ; W.A.M. xxxi. 269 ; xxxii. 173 ; Evans' Stone, 

 99. 



Koman. In quarry in Long Furlong, Murcott, 2 skeletons found 1901, 



head of one at feet of the other. Several coins, one of Gallienus, 



found in trench in same quarry. Skeletons said to have been found 



here for years. Rev. H. K. Adkin. 



Fragments of pottery, Samian with maker's name. Devizes Museum 



Cat. II. 243 ; W.A.M. xxxiv. 240. 

 Fosseway forms N.W. boundary of parish, and as far as it marches 

 with Rodmarton, of the county as well. O.M. 3 SE. & NE. ; A. W. 

 . II. Roman iEra 98 plans. 



DEAN, WEST. 

 Barrows. 



[la, lb.] A. W. I. Station VII. shows 2 barrows on Dean Hill, S. of 

 W. Dean, not shown on O.M. 72 NE. In W. Dean or White- 

 parish 1 A barrow on Dean Hill near its centre and overlooking 

 the village was opened 1870 by Rev. G. S. Master. No interment 

 found. W.A.M. xxii. 243. 

 Earthworks. Small circular " camp " and other works just E. of old 



Church. O.M. 72 NE. 



Finds, Neolithic. Flint chisel. W.A.M. xxii. 242. 



Finds, Late Celtic. British gold coin, uninscribed, disjointed horse 



type, found about 1883. Dr. H. P. Blackmore. W.A.M. xxii. 242. 



In a field called "Tots" adjoining the glebe, British coin of Vericus 



inscribed veri., in possession of Rev. G. S. Master. W.A.M. xxii. 242. 



