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but only to suspend their labours until after the harvest. I 

 must here remark that to Mr. Carroll, the Society is particularly 

 indebted for undertaking the superintendence and for the zeal 

 and energy with which he has pursued the investigation. 

 Through his kindness I was enabled to hear almost daily of the 

 progress of the excavations, and frequently to inspect the works. 



Remains of the villa have been found over a portion of ground 

 at least seven or eight acres in extent. On the south side of 

 the broken ground the occasional remains of a wall seem to 

 mark tolerably well the extent in that direction. The fields on 

 the north and north-west, which are cropped, are known to 

 contain some remains of the villa ; from this cause, as well as 

 from the adjoining portion of Dalton Parlours being covered 

 with a plantation, the scope of operations was necessarily 

 diminished. A limited portion of ground only could be exca- 

 vated without injury to the corn ; and this has prevented an 

 accurate plan of the building as a whole from being obtained. 



The portion of the buildings primarily discovered and which 

 led subsequently to further investigation, consists of the remains 

 of two hypocausts, marked A and B in the annexed plan, sepa- 

 rated from each other by a wall measuring from the surface of 

 the ground, as it is at present, to the floor, 2 feet 4 inches. 

 The hypocaust of the western room (A) when first seen by me, 

 measured 8 feet 6 inches, by 8 feet S inches, and contained 

 five rows of pillars, each row consisting of five pillars, built of 

 the ordinary flat Roman tiles 8, 9, and 10 inches square, with 

 layers of concrete, made of mortar and powdered brick, between 

 them. These pillars, especially towards the lower part, showed 

 the action of fire, and in the spaces between them bones of 

 various animals and the skulls of one or two sheep were dis- 

 covered. The floor is a cement composed of brick and lime. 

 This room, when first opened, was much longer than it appears 

 at present ; for a portion of it at the west end, has been heed- 

 lessly destroyed and its boundaries obliterated by visitors, so 

 that at the period when it was measured, the original dimen- 

 sions could not be accurately ascertained. Beyond this ruined 

 portion were the remains of a prsefurnium or furnace, likewise 



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