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BURIAL OF THE REMAINS Chap. IV. 



here only 9 inches thick. In some other 

 sections, not copied, we likewise have 



Mould, 9 inches thick. 



Light-coloured earth with 

 large pitces of broken 

 tiles, 1 incijes. 



Daik.finegrainpd rubbish 

 with small bits oi tiles 

 20 inches. 



Concrete, 4 inches. 

 Stucco, 2 inches. 



Made bntlom with frag- 

 ments of tile^, 8 inches. 



Fine-eridned mode prround 

 with the debris of older 

 bullding.s. 



Fig. 12. 

 Section in the centre of the Ba.silica at Silchester. 



evidence of biiildin|2;s having been erected 

 over the ruins of older ones. In one case 



