The Interior Buildings. I6i 



splayed bases and moulded caps, had separated the bays, and 

 that they were spanned witli arches, closed with thin projectino- 

 keystones. 



Passing through the centre bay, which is a little wider than 

 the others, a full width space is reached, and communicating with 

 it at the north end of the building is a series of chambers, five in 

 number. In the floor of the centre one is a pit 5 feet deep, ap- 

 proached by descending steps. The walls are formed of laro-e 

 stone flags set on end, and remains seem to indicate that a parapet, 

 finished with a moulded cops clamped with a continuous bar of 

 iron, rose above the floor. Some grain and a quantity of fra"-- 

 ments of window glass were found in it. The floor of the chamber 

 west of the central one shows a square sinking about 3 inches 

 deep, in the centre of which some kind of pedestal has stood, and 

 the surrounding pavement is worn with use, mostly at one side. 

 The two flanking chambers of the row also show square blank 

 spaces in the centre of the flag floors. 



Comparing this building with the corresponding one shown on 

 the plan of Chesters, and named the Forum in Dr Bruce's Hand- Book 

 to the Roman Wall, it is found that the same number and arrano-e- 

 ment of chambers obtains in both, and only in one respect is there 

 any material difference. At Chesters the aspect is towards the 

 north ; here it is southwards. 



The next building eastwards (XIII.) is enclosed by walling 

 2 feet 6 inches thick, strengthened with buttresses, but no division 

 walls were found, and it and those numbered IX. and X. do not 

 present any particular distinguishing features. 



No. XIV. is the bath. There is a hypocaust, with pillars for 

 supporting the floor, a furnace door, air duct, flue, and drains, and 

 a well for the supply of water. The well is four feet square at 

 the bottom and 12 feet deep, and it widens out somewhat at the 

 top, becoming nearly circular on plan. The walls are rudely built 

 of undressed stones over a square oak frame. The remains of an 

 oak ladder, chips of pottery, and some shoe leather were found 

 in it. 



Nos. XL and XV. are peculiar. The narrow form, the great 

 thickness of the walls (3 feet 8 inches), and the numerous heavy 

 buttresses exhibited, leave little room for doubt that the buildings 

 were spanned by vaulted stone roofs. The floors were raised on 

 walls, with air ducts between them. A quantity of calcined wheat 



