An appeal was made in Tuesday's Times by the secretary
of the National Trust for assistance in acquiring for the public the site of a Roman fort, known as Borran's Field, at the north end of Windermere near Ambleside. The fort forms part of the system of block houses by which the Romans con- trolled the Lake District, and is situated, moreover, at a point on Windermere where buildings could not fail to disfigure the landscape. Part of the site has recently been excavated for building purposes ; but the owner has agreed not to proceed with the work for the present, and has given to the National Trust a six months' option of twenty acres for £4,000. About £1,000 has already been subscribed for locally, and we sincerely hope that the remainder will be raised and that another addition will thus be made to the nation's gallery of historical and beautiful scenes. Subscriptions may be sent to the Secretary of the National Trust, 25 Victoria Street, S.W.
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