. Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . tical stone, on?which is a rude i-epresentatiou of a human bust, and, underneath, an ins-scription in Roman capitals of antique form, belowwhich is a wreath (jif). 38,^ This stone, althoughpopularly known as Mother Shiptons Tomb,has no tradition attending it, and, notwithstandingthe questionable character of the inscription, it hasbeen accepted by antiquaries as a genuine stoneof the Roman period, and identical with a stone atEllenborough, near the Egremont property in Cum-berland, which is described by Camden, {Brit.,V
. Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . tical stone, on?which is a rude i-epresentatiou of a human bust, and, underneath, an ins-scription in Roman capitals of antique form, belowwhich is a wreath (jif). 38,^ This stone, althoughpopularly known as Mother Shiptons Tomb,has no tradition attending it, and, notwithstandingthe questionable character of the inscription, it hasbeen accepted by antiquaries as a genuine stoneof the Roman period, and identical with a stone atEllenborough, near the Egremont property in Cum-berland, which is described by Camden, {Brit.,Vol. II., 1014,Ed. 1732) and is supposed to have beenbrought into Somersetshire by one of the Wynd-ham family. It has found a place in the Romanmap of Somerset which our valued and usuallycautious member, the Rev. Prebendary Scarth, haspublished in the last volume of the Proceedingsof the Somersetshire Archajological Society, andeven the learned Dr. Hiibner has been deceived. A letter in the West Somerset Free Press,describing a visit to this stone, having attracted ^-. Notices of Eecent Akch-eolooical PrELicATioys. 399
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