Archaeologia cantiana . heCamp at Oldbury, A, which from its size (enclosing anarea of 127 acres*) and highly commanding position,must have been a station of some importance amongstthe Romans; and we may infer that their occupancy ofthe Plaxtol valley was the result of the security affordedby the proximity of the strong garrison at OldburyCamp. I do not moot the question of its Roman origin; itis probable that it may have been a British earthwork,and the Romans, seeing the advantage of the position,established themselves there. Allens Farm, B, in the parish of Plaxtol, is the pro-perty of Mr.
Archaeologia cantiana . heCamp at Oldbury, A, which from its size (enclosing anarea of 127 acres*) and highly commanding position,must have been a station of some importance amongstthe Romans; and we may infer that their occupancy ofthe Plaxtol valley was the result of the security affordedby the proximity of the strong garrison at OldburyCamp. I do not moot the question of its Roman origin; itis probable that it may have been a British earthwork,and the Romans, seeing the advantage of the position,established themselves there. Allens Farm, B, in the parish of Plaxtol, is the pro-perty of Mr. Martin, a respectable farmer of that village,who has taken great interest in these discoveries on hisland, and is most anxious to preserve them. He is anantiquary at heart, well deserving the thanks of theSociety, and mine in particular, for the kind and liberalway in which he has allowed me to go to and fro overhis land, and dig when and where I pleased; and I am as- * The area of Silchester (Calleva) is but 102 AT PLAXTOL IN KENT. 3 sured that we shall find in him and Mrs. Martin able co-operators in our future proceedings. On that farm there is a small field of about twoacres, now in hops. It is bounded to the east andsouth by arable fields, and to the west by an ash-plan-tation, which divides it from a stream that, rising inthe parish of Kemsing, to the north-west, after runningthrough the parishes of Ightham and Plaxtol, pursuesa south-easterly course till it joins the Medway nearLittle Mill, in the parish of East Peckham. The groundfalls gradually from the north-east corner towards thewest and south till it meet the stream, and it must havebeen a pleasant site for a residence in former days, whenthe valley was better wooded, and the stream unpollutedby paper-mills. This piece of ground had been arablefor some years, and in ploughing, the labourers had con-stantly turned up bricks and tiles, and fragments of pot-tery ; but they saw no difference between these and t
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