Hole in the Peak foreft, and the ebbing and
flowing well near 'Caftleton. Monfaldale,
near Afliford, is a beautiful fmall valley,
where nature feems to have exerted herfelf,
to contrail and diverfifythe fcenery, fo as to
equal any thing of the kind in the kingdom.
Proceeding north to Caftleton, the moil
linking objebfc is the caftle, which by the
Romans was called arx diaboli; it Hands on
a rock of limeftone, inaceeffible in every
direction, except to the fouth. The buildings
enclofe an area of larger extent than
would be expected ; and from the foot of
the hill extends on each fide a ditch which
furrounds part of the town, being three
yards wide and two deep. Heads of arrows
Sare frequently found; and alfo Roman
coins. I have in my pofleflion a Roman
celt of brafs found here, about five inches
in length, weighing about a pound, It is
evident that the Romans worked the lead
mines
mines here, as a' bar of lead was found
marked with the name of one of the emperors
; and which I believe is now in the
mufeum of Mr. Green at Litchfield. Near
Caftleton are many fine fprings of water;
and in the neighbourhood of Bradwell is a
warm fait Ipring, which has not yet been
analyfed.
About five miles from Caftleton, and. on
the road to Chapel en le Frith, is the ebbing
and flowing well, at the bottom of a
limeftone hill, and feveral yards in circumference.
After it ebbs there is fqarce any
water, except at the fides which firft begin
to flow. In wet weather it flows and ebbs
feveral times in an hour: while it flows the
water boils up with great violence, in a
number df places, for five or fix minutes y
then it ceafes, the water runs off, and after
about ten minutes it begins to flow again.
In dry weather it does not flow fo often.
B 4 Proceeding