Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . ronouncedby Dr. Rolleston to be Roman well filled out globose skull, withthe width on the crown, so characteristic of the Roman the town, in the first quarry, on the right, on the Moretonroad, lay the Saxon, with a spear-head 18 inches long, a footof which is the sharp-pointed blade. It was the weapon of onewho may have fallen on the spot, afterwards immortalizing Stowand Donington its hamlet, where Royalist and Parliamentarianwere together locked in their last mortal decisive struggle. Hardby, fell Capt. Ke
Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . ronouncedby Dr. Rolleston to be Roman well filled out globose skull, withthe width on the crown, so characteristic of the Roman the town, in the first quarry, on the right, on the Moretonroad, lay the Saxon, with a spear-head 18 inches long, a footof which is the sharp-pointed blade. It was the weapon of onewho may have fallen on the spot, afterwards immortalizing Stowand Donington its hamlet, where Royalist and Parliamentarianwere together locked in their last mortal decisive struggle. Hardby, fell Capt. Keyte. Within earshot, or at most, gunshot, SirJacob Astley (seated on a drum) gave his captors his well-knoAvnshrewd and laconic counsel. Upper and Nether Swell.—Pursuing this days beat, as originallymapped out, and unfortunately, at the eleventh hour, in part re-scinded—it was proposed to halt at the third field down, on the lefthand side of the road to Upper Swell. Here, some twenty yearsago, old foundations were dug up, wherewith to build cattle sheds i PLATE XI. S3 • - Finds near Stow-on-the-Wold. 73 and the boundaries below. On the summit of the hill stoodthe building, laid down (as discovered thus far) on the accom-panying plan (PI. XI.) It seems to be as follows :—A, vestibulesome 8 ft. wide, 27 ft. long, facing south, at each end, traces ofwalls, projecting southwards, 8ft. Behind A, northwards, in line,were apparently three rooms : b, 45ft.; c, 32ft.; and d, 20ft. by24 ft. each. In the fore-part of the room A, was found irregularpitching (a), somewhat zig-zag in places, the stones out of theupright. At the north-east corner of this pitching (b), in a hole,3ft down, were light grey ashes, which, with a very little kneading,became a stiff putty. West of A, a passage e, 3 ft. wide, planked,ended at a wall f, running west, 63 ft., and then turning north,ran in that direction 75 ft. and more. At the north-east corner ofD, more and more even pitching, about 8 ft. by 6
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