The discovery of a Roman Fort on the Cairn Head, immediately above the Brigg, has created considerable excitement in this lovely watering place — the rising Brighton of Yorkshire. The exploration being announced to take place on the 12th and 13th of October, 1857, a great number of ladies and gentlemen assembled on the spot to witness the revelation of hidden treasure and ancient relics. Copious notes of the proceedings, measurements, &c., were taken by Professor Phillips and myself. The Cairn Head is a narrow promontory or cliff, running out into the sea, and with a ridge of rock, with which it is connected, called Filey Brigg, extending half-a-mile further into the sea, forms the beautiful, expansive, and safe bay of Filey—unquestionably the sinus salutaris of Ptolemy. The site of the barrow is between the Spa-well, or the line of main cliff, and the extreme point of the Cairn Head, and it extends nearly across that part of the promontory where it is situated. The recent heavy rains having dislodged portions of earth on the north side of the cliff, exposed to view some remains of a rude kind of masonry. Among the debris of the fallen earth were scattered portions of charred wood, bones, broken pottery, &c., which attracted the attention of Mr. Wilson, painter, who immediately brought some of the specimens to me. I repaired with him to the scene of the discovery, and unhesitatingly declared the remains to be of Roman origin, and forthwith acquainted the Rev. ...