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each side. The preservation of this pavement is accounted 
for by the construction of a new and circuitous branch of 
the turnpike trust, by which a more easy descent from Bank 
Top to Eipponden is secured, and, at the same time, the Old 
Bank left unmolested. On reaching the opposite side of the 
river, by a bridge of one arch, the pavement disappears 
under the garden wall of the parsonage. Here it has been 
completely interred under the parsonage grounds, and ob- 
literated by the new Turnpike adjoining. But crossing the 
latter, the same kind of pavement is found remaining in 
fragments along Eipponden Old Lane. This ancient way 
ascends the hill by Swift Cross Spa, and joins the Ilkley and 
Manchester road at Whitegate Head, where the original 
curve of the "Old Lane" was, some years since, diverted 
from its original course, for the purpose, it would seem, of 
enlarging the adjoining paddock. From the highest point 
of the road a fine view of the surrounding district is obtained. 
To the west, the height of Monshead bounds the horizon, 
and to the south, the dark moors of Blackstonedge, shut out 
the fertile and busy plains of Lancashire. To the east, the 
eye rests upon the height of Wholestone Moor, which rises 
above the station of Cambodunum, and northward from this 
interesting point, the road we have traversed is seen descend- 
ing the hill on the opposite side of Eipponden Yale, in a 
straight line to the Eyburne, which flows through the village. 
It is to be remarked, in respect of this road, that although 
no existing indicia afford sufficient evidence of Eoman con- 
struction, it is not the less entitled to great antiquity. We 
have brought it from a spot on which "fixed and heavy' ' 
remains of the Eoman times have been found indicative of a 
Eoman population formerly existing there — over the high 
ground of the country, in a very direct course, to its point of 
junction with a Eoman road of undisputed authenticity, 
namely, that portion of the North West Watling-street from 
