tiles, scored bricks, pottery, the bones of men and animals. On one of the fragments of human bone, picked up at the ruins near the hedge, I observed a deep cut which must have been inflicted by some sharp instrument. It may be no violent stretch of fancy to suppose that the town here, abandoned by the Romans, was destroyed in the wars between the Saxons and Britons, and that in the name War-bank, or the Hill of Battle, we have the brief record of a sanguinary conflict. Finally, to this mysterious spot, over the history of which, Time has drawn his obscure if not impenetrable veil, the beautiful lines of the Mantuan Poet may not unaptly be applied. "Scilicet et tempus veniet cum finibus illis Aut gravibus rastris galeas pulsabit inanes, Georgica, Lib. 1. I beg to subscribe myself, dear Sir, with much respect, Your obedient and faithful servant, very ALFRED JOHN KEMPE. To Nicholas Carlisle, Esq. &c. &c. &c. P.S. I beg to add that at the termination of my three weeks labour at War-bank, I obtained permission from the tenant of Keston-court farm, to leave the larger building a few inches above ground for the gratification of any of the members of the Society who might desire to visit the spot. I much fear that the flint and Roman tiles which compose the walls, may ere long offer a powerful motive for their destruction. I have, however, addressed a letter to the Rev. Sir Charles Farnaby, entreating his protection for these curious remains, which I hope they may obtain. Ruins of a supposed Roman Temple, adjacent Tomb, Sarcophagi &c. found at War Bank, Keston, Kent. Sept 1828. lubushed by the Society of Antiquarus or London. toru 231829. Ja Basire, set |