Nottingham antiquarians will find much of absorbing interest in Mr. Alfred Watkins’ book, “Early British Trackways” (Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., 4s. 6d. net). The writer explains in a lucid manner his theories regarding the methods used by the Britons prior to the Roman invasion, in determining, by a crude system of sights, the most direct route between one spot and another. Mr. Watkins furnishes abundant proofs by describing how, in the country round Hereford, churches, castles and other ancient objects are arranged in straight lines, with a natural or semi-natural “sight” at either end.
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