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 A HISTORY OF DERBYSHIRE First published by S. Peggc, Archeeologia, ix. 45, from readings of Mason and Molesworth ; hence Pilkington, i. 97, Davies, p. 75, Lysons, p. ccvi, Bateman, Watkin, Httbner, Corp. Insc. Lot. vii. 121517, etc. The still current idea that this pig bears the name of the Emperor Claudius is epigraphically impossible. 7-10. Four similar pigs oflead were found in 182431 Broomers Hill, near Pulborough, in Sussex, close to the Roman road called Stane Street. One is now at Parham, a second in the British Museum : the other two, much worn when discovered, have not been preserved. The British Museum specimen weighs 184 Ibs. and measures at the top 4 by 4 inches, at the bottom 6 by 23 inches and is 4! inches thick. It is inscribed only on the top. When found all four were said to bear the same inscription : ICLTR PVT BREXARG. This is obviously an imperfect reading of the lettering of No. 6. And the British Museum specimen actually has ^CL T^ I.VT BR EX ARC. Gentleman's Magazine, 1824 (i.), 194, 320 hence Horsfield's Sussex, ii. 164, etc., incorrectly : correctly, Way, Arch. Journal, xvi. 26, Httbner, Corp. Insc. Lot. vii. I2i5b. I have examined the British Museum specimen. Fig. 30 (4). ii. Found in March 1894 face downwards about two feet beneath the surface, in the course of inclosing and reclaiming common land at Portland Grange on Tansley Moor, 2 miles north-east of Matlock, on high ground east of the Derwent valley. The surface round the point of discovery is said to have seemed scooped into small hollows, showing the action of fire, and it is suggested that these may have served for the melting of the lead. Now in the British Museum. Weight I75lbs. ; dimensions 3^ by 19! inches at the top, 5^ by 22 J inches at the bottom, thickness 4 inches. Inscribed only on the top (see fig. 31). P. Rubn Abaxantiy metalli Lutudare(n}s(is) Sheffield and Rather bam Independent, 17 April 1894, and other local papers ; Rev. Dr. Cox, Proc. Soc.Antiq. xv. (1894), 1 85, and Antiquary, May 1894 ; myself, Proc. Sec. Antiq. xv. 188 ; Bulmer, Topogr. Directory (1895), 414; Brit. Arch. Assoc. Journ. (1894), 183, and New Series, vi. 34 (uncritical). I have examined the pig myself. The contraction Lutudares for Lutudarensis need cause no surprise. An n is often omitted in such cases, and the last syllable is frequently curtailed ; so, for example, AMES several times on inscriptions for Aniensis. 12. Found in 1846 on Oker Hill near Darley in the Dale, two miles north-west of Matlock, on high ground west of the river Derwent, near ancient mineral works. No details are recorded save that it was 'of the Roman shape.' Some 'Third Brass' coins of about A.D. 250270 and other antiquities have been found in more or less the same locality. Bateman, Vestiges, p. 159; hence Watkin, Derb. Arch. Jeurn. vii. 74. 1 3. Found in July 1 894 in digging foundations for new Board School buildings at Bradwell ; now in the Sheffield Museum (J. 96, i.). Weight I I2lbs. ; dimensions 2O inches long, 5^- wide and 3 high. It is considerably worn, and the part which might have borne the inscription has perished. But its shape and stratification mark it out as unquestionably Roman. The Roman road from Buxton to Brought is only 250 yards away from the point of discovery, and old lead workings exist in the immediate neighbourhood. It is therefore not easy to say whether the pig was lost, for example, off a packhorse which had strayed from the road, or was smelted at the place. Mentioned in print, Arch. Journ. lii. 33 ; Buxtan Chronicle, 25 January 1896 ; Antiquary, xxx. (1898), 46. 14. Said to have been found before 1802 near Castleton and to have been inscribed, but only three letters were legible : IMP Published by John Phillips in the Proceedings of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, I. i, 89 (1849) : <a f urtn P'g is stated to have been found at Castleton on which only the letters 232