TO VISITORS.
Parties from a distance wishing to visit the ruins of the ancient Uriconium, at Wroxeter, will find every comfort and accommodation at the Lion, the Raven, the George, and the Crown Hotels, Shrewsbury.
Wroxeter is a little more than five miles from Shrewsbury. Conveyances may be obtained at the Railway Station, Shrewsbury; at any of the above-named Hotels; and at Howells’s Livery Stables, Cross Hill. Parties of any reasonable number may be conveyed by either of the latter, on giving them two days’ notice by letter.
Upton Magna, on the Shrewsbury and Wellington Joint Line of Railway, is the nearest Station to Wroxeter, from whence it is distant about two miles and a half, a pleasant walk for an active person.
The Museum of the Shropshire and North Wales Natural History and Antiquarian Society, College Hill, where all the moveable articles from Wroxeter are deposited, is open DAILY to visitors, from 10 till 4, on payment of sixpence each, and by an order from a Subscriber GRATUITOUSLY.
Donations to the Wroxeter Fund will be gladly received by the Honorary Secretary, Dr. H. Johnson, Dogpole, Shrewsbury.
List of Plates.
FROM DRAWINGS BY MR. HILLARY DAVIES, OF SHREWSBURY.
| PLATE | |
| The North Side of the Old Wall, at Wroxeter | 1 |
| Wroxeter Church, Shropshire (Vignette) | 2 |
| First Roman Hypocaust discovered at Uriconium in 1859 | 3 |
| Roman Tile-Roof, Roman Flag-Roof, Section of Roman Hypocaust, &c. | 4 |
| Plan of Walls, discovered by the Excavations at Wroxeter, Salop, from February 3rd to September, 1863 | 5 |
| Column in the Garden of W. H. Oatley, Esq., Wroxeter | 6 |
| Ancient Stone Font in Wroxeter Church | 7 |
| Capitals found at Uriconium | 8 |
| Samian, Upchurch, and Romano-Salopian Pottery | 9 |
| Rings and Combs (actual size) | 10 |
| Hair Pins, &c. (actual size) | 11 |
| Skulls from Wroxeter | 12 |
| Roman Remains from Wroxeter, in the possession of Samuel Wood, Esq., and Mask, in the Museum, Shrewsbury. | 13 |
| Upchurch Pottery, Adz, Spear Head, and Romano-Salopian (Red) Ware | 14 |
| Carved Stone Fragments from Uriconium, in the Garden of Edward Stanier, Esq., Wroxeter | 15 |
| Sepulchral Stone | 16 |