92 ROMAN REMAINS rectangular form, rounded at the corners, nearly square; the whole area would be about four acres. It is divided into four fields,and intersected by lanes almost at right angles, indicating as it were the situations of the ancient streets. The bearings of the sides are north and east. Within the precincts of the camp is a farm-house called Pendre. The ground having been under cultivation for a length of years, the vallum has been much levelled, and the fosse completely filled. It is to be regretted that Pennant, that accurate tourist and anti¬ quary, did not minutely describe it, for at the time of his visit to Caersws, the fosse must have been tolerably perfect; and at the commencement of the present century, it has been described to me as being in a state, that a plan, to¬ gether with a section of its vallum, fosse, and agger, could have been given with great accuracy. Without much exca¬ vation a minute description of them at the present could not be given; and as they remain there is but little that is interesting. It is my impression that if proper and extensive excavations were undertaken, Roman buildings would be discovered. In the year 1832, while workmen were forming a new line of road from Caersws to Pont-y-ddolgoch, (passing through the camp,) a large quantity of red sandstone was dug out, some of the blocks were of great bulk, and bearing the rough marks of the chisel. They also dug into what appeared to be a vault, and also to a drain or passage, built in Roman masonry. These were partially explored by some of the workmen, and were again closed in. Roman bricks and tiles were discovered at the time, with dark and sooty matter adhering to them. Ashes and earth of a dark nature, as if mixed with soot, were thrown up. As far as regards the remains of art, &c. found, they have been but few. A gold coin of the Emperor Nero was found, together with a few other pieces of coin, which were immediately seized upon and distributed, so that at present I can get no account of them. A glass prism, four inches in length and one in thick¬ ness, discovered there, was until lately, in the possession of Evan Kinsey, Esq., of Moat; so was a small quern or hand- mill in the possession of one Thomas Edwards, near the village. Small fragments of stained glass were found. Several Ro¬ man bricks with impressions on them have been found at different times; the one mentioned by Pennant, and said to be placed in the chimney of a house at Caersws, is reported