Magna Brittanica; being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain . ^*. CHESHIRE. 43 r as was fuppofed, at each end : it was conje£lured to have been defigned foreither Atys, or Mithras. On pulling down the old Eaft-gatc, u piece of rudefculpture, about two feet in height, reprefcnting a Roman foldier was difcovered;?whichwas preferved for feveral years in the garden of Mr. Lawton ; but it isnot there novv, nor could we learn whether it be at prefcnt in exigence. ]n theyear 1738, in digging the foundation of a houfe in the market-place, the fragmentof a (lone til
Magna Brittanica; being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain . ^*. CHESHIRE. 43 r as was fuppofed, at each end : it was conje£lured to have been defigned foreither Atys, or Mithras. On pulling down the old Eaft-gatc, u piece of rudefculpture, about two feet in height, reprefcnting a Roman foldier was difcovered;?whichwas preferved for feveral years in the garden of Mr. Lawton ; but it isnot there novv, nor could we learn whether it be at prefcnt in exigence. ]n theyear 1738, in digging the foundation of a houfe in the market-place, the fragmentof a (lone tile was difcovered, with the figure oi z Rctiarius, and pait of thefliield and fpear of the Sea/ior in bas-relief, it is now in the poflltTion of HenryPotts Efq. Great abundance of the red Samian ware °, and other kinds of pottery,and many coins, and other Roman relicks, have been frequently found in diggingfoundations within the walls of Chefter. BritiJ]} mid Roman Roads ; and Roman Sictions ^. — The Romans havingplaced one*of their principal towns in Chefhire, and from its convenience, as am
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