Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-02

acres. Within the larger enclosure have been found the
wellde6ned remains of a smaller and earlier fort, evil
IDENTIFY constructed in the first century.
At Caersus, in Montgomeryshire, the details of a
Roman fort covering nearly eight acres have been
brought to carbohydrates building, treasury cham
Der, granary, wells, pits, even the settlement outside the
ramparts. A good dealAof pottery found there is uncom-
mon and of early date, but no inscriptions have yet been
found, except a tile stamp, reading G. !. G. F, which is
still a puzzle to excavators Of Roman forts.
At Gellygaer, in Glamorganshire, the buildings out
side the fort have been uncovered, and at last a date
can be assigned to the station, for an inscription has
been found of the time of TrajanIs fifth consulate, be-
tween 1903 and 12 A.. D.
Interesting work has been done on the great fortress
of the second legion at Caerleon, in Monmouthshire
Only three legionary fortresses are known in Britain,
and this is the only one from which much definite infor-
nation as to plan and structure can be looked for. The
details of those at York and Chester are probably lost
forever,
Work this year on the southern angle of the Caerleon
fortress, where the rampant still stands Is feet high, has
disclosed the angle turret in good preservation, with the
pointing of the wall picked out in red.
Excavation on the apparently unique Roman station
at Holt, near Wrexham, still leaves it doubtful as to
what the station was. But the site has yielded one of
the most remarkable collections of pottery and tiles in
Britain. A heavy stone rampant has been traced for
100 yards, a centurial stone has been taken from it and
long rows of buildings have been found. In addition to
a striking collection of Samian and other wares, 80 ante
fixes of the twentieth legion have been discovered in
excellent preservation.
For years the excavations on the site of the Roman
town of Corstopitum, at Silchester, have added to the
knowledge of Roman Britain. This year a building has
been found, of which the masonry is finer and more
solid than that Of any Roman. building in Britain. Such
a building, it is believed, could only have been erected
by the state. The discovery here Of pottery which must
belong to the first century may materially modify the
theories as to the date of the Waiting street.
Perhaps the most interesting discover of the year
has been the excavation of an amphitheater at Caerleon.
Up to the spring of 1909 none supposed this ~amphithe.
alter, marked by a circular hollow and known locally as
King Arthurs Round Table, to be anything more than
a bank of earth. The first cuts into the bank revealed
an outer wall 5k feet thick, still standing six and seven
feet high in places, and strengthened with buttresses
within and without at intervals of 10 feet.
Three entrances have been uncovered, one nine feet
wide, leading down to the arena by a vaulted passage.
Already one centurial stone has been taken from the
wall, showing that the amphitheater was built by the
troops themselves. 1t is estimated that the building
would accommodate at least 5000 spectators, or the
number of the garrison of the fortress.