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interesting, as it affords evidence of fairly long occupation. 

 Part of the original design, measuring 5 feet by 2 feet, had 

 been worn away or otherwise destroyed, and subsequently 

 repaired. The patch is of very coarse red brick tesserae, 

 without any regard to design, and is obviously the work 

 of one not so familiar with the construction of these 

 pavements as the original workmen. The soil above the 

 pavement was largely composed of lumps of angular chalk, 

 plaster, thin slabs of sandstone, roofing tiles, iron nails, and 

 other odds and ends such as might be expected to occur 

 on the site of a building that had fallen in from decay, or 

 had been burnt or demolished. A restoration of part of this 

 corridor is given on Plate XVI. fig. 2. 



At the north-east corner of the large pavement was a 

 rectangular pavement (Plate XVI. fig. 3), the south-west corner 

 of which closely adjoined the larger pavement. This measured 

 21 feet by 7 feet, and was composed of tessera? of chalk and 

 brick, averaging 1 inch sides. The centre of this floor 

 consisted of a square of white tesserae, with 6J inch sides ; 

 this was surrounded by a square band of red tesserae, 6J inches 

 wide, and on each side of this were bands of chalk and brick, 

 each being 6\ inches in width. On each of the two long 

 sides was a white band a foot broad, though this had been 

 damaged. Both the ends of the floor had also suffered 

 from the plough, though at the south end there was clear 

 evidence of the lateral bands returning. 



The relative position of the three pavements is shewn 

 in the adjoining plan (p. 177). 



Upon all these pavements a quantity of objects was found. 

 Upon that shewn in Plate XIV., besides the wall-plaster, 

 oyster shells, &c, was a quantity of broken roofing tiles, 

 pottery, pieces of glass, bones and teeth, one coin (Gallienus), 

 and charcoal. Upon the adjoining pavement (Plate XVI. fig. 3) 

 we found three coins, pottery, oyster shells, and a large quantity 

 of bones, nails, &c. Both these pavements shewed evidence 

 of small fires having been made upon them, the tesserae 

 being reddened and splintered. 



Amongst the many interesting objects obtained during the 

 excavations are the following : — 



Plaster. — There are numerous pieces of the original 

 plaster from the walls, the colouring upon which is still 

 in a wonderful state of preservation. The colours represented 

 are white, brown, red, drab, black, yellow, and green. 

 Several of the pieces show two or three colours. One fragment 

 (Plate XVII. fig. 1) is of exceptional value, as it gives evidence 



