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imperfect, but when discovered appearing to be of similar 

 construction to the one found at the York baths, and con- 

 taining a large quantity of wood ashes. At the east end the 

 hypocaust was bounded by a well built wall of sandstone (of 

 which material all the other walls were constructed), communi- 

 cating with the second hypocaust (B) by a small opening (a) 

 like a flue, which was stopped up on one side by Roman con- 

 crete. This second chamber was on the same level as the first, 

 measuring 8 feet 4 inches, by 7 feet 10 inches ; it contained five 

 rows of pillars, each row consisting of five pillars, eleven of the 

 whole being of sandstone, (which are shaded in the plan) 

 the remainder of brick. On the north side was a communi- 

 cation (b) with a third chamber presently to be described. The 

 pillars in the two chambers seem to have supported a floor of 

 thick concrete, composed of mortar and powdered brick, laid 

 on flat tiles passing across the top of the pillars, thus forming 

 the floor of an ornamented chamber above them, as large masses 

 of stucco, coloured in different ways, were found in this place. 

 Pursuing the line of excavation to the east, there was a space 

 (C) 18 feet long and of the same breadth as the hypocaust, 

 through which trenches in several directions were dug, without 

 revealing anything except a considerable quantity of large 

 tesserae of chalk and tile measuring an inch square, and which 

 doubtless had formed the floor of a chamber in this situation. 

 Beyond this, at the distance of 2 feet 4 inches, was a slab of 

 concrete (D) 7 feet long and 2 feet broad, and of considerable 

 thickness, furnished with raised edges, with a groove (c) in 

 one corner. Little doubt can exist that this was the bottom of 

 a bath or cistern ; and that it was for the purpose of holding 

 cold water, may be inferred from the absence of any means of 

 heating. Connected with the grooved corner was a channel of 

 stone (E), apparently for the purpose of carrying the water 

 from the bath ; this channel took a direction to the north for 

 about 26 yards and then terminated in one of the sides of a 

 square cistern (F) 1 foot 6 inches deep, 1 foot 10 inches broad, 

 2 feet 3 inches long, made of flags one to each side and end, 

 and two to the bottom. On the side opposite to the one in 



