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 ROMANO-BRITISH DERBYSHIRE half of the eighteenth century. About 1 760-80 the site was several times visited and described by the Derbyshire antiquary Samuel Pegge, in 1761 ; by John Whitaker, historian of Manchester, in 1767 ; by William Bray, afterwards historian of Surrey, about 1777 and its military character was correctly understood. To this period of recognition succeeded 120 years of neglect. Little (as it seems) was found, and certainly little was recorded. Finally, in August, 1903, Mr. John Garstang made a brief trial of excavation on behalf of the county archaeo- logical society. it r .... ^Mjnot -| | ' <. ,*y / '--^ r -1"'"*L- BJ ^.. ..... _/a_X2/ FIG. 9. THE FORT AT BROUCH, AS EXCAVATED BY MR. GARSTANG IN 1903. (Derbyshire Anheeohgcal Journal?) The remains at present known to us exhibit an auxiliary fort of the ordinary type, though of somewhat small dimensions (fig. 9). In shape this fort was a rectangular oblong with rounded corners ; in size it measured about 285 feet by 340 feet, and its internal area, exclusive of the defences, amounted to some 2^ acres. With an inaccuracy which is common in 203