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of interest, however, in Sherborne are so numerous that one day 
is insufficient to fully appreciate and examine them. 
Box and South Wraswull, October 4th, 1898.—More than 20 
Members of the Field Club proceeded by brake, bicycle, and 
train to Box, in order to view the extensive, Roman Walls, Pave- 
ment, and Hypocausts lately exposed to view in the garden of 
Mr. Hardy. The land is close to the Church, and by no means 
contains the whole of this immense villa or palace of Roman 
age, but the remains which have been unearthed are of extreme 
interest. No coins, it seems, have been discovered in the ruins, 
but considerable quantities of tiles, pottery, bones, oyster and 
snail shelis. The first object discovered by Mr. John Hardy is 
a small altar, and there is also a portion of a sculptured figure of 
a man bearing on his shoulders two hares, a columnar pedestal, 
and a quantity of wall plaster still showing the colouring of its 
ornamentation. The various pavements are of a handsome 
geometrical pattern in four colours composed of red brick, blue 
lias, buff oolite, and a white stone. The whole edifice must have 
been of gigantic dimensions, the N. wall, which is four feet in 
width, having been traced over 400 feet in length, extending far 
beyond the boundary of Mr. Hardy’s garden into the neighbour- 
ing grounds of The Wilderness. The entrance to this large 
building was on the N., overlooking the deep valley, and the 
remains of a fine flight of steps are still observable. To the S. 
of the edifice were several chambers, two of them with hypo- 
causts, and a fine hall, 25 feet in width and some 60 feet or 
more in length, but as the chamber extends beyond the limits 
of Mr. Hardy’s garden it is impossible to give the length exactly. 
Bidding farewell to the discoverer of these interesting Roman 
remains, a visit was next paid to the Parish Church, which has 
been thoroughly restored by the present Vicar, who conducted 
the Members over the edifice. The Bear Hotel next supplied a 
frugal luncheon, and subsequently the brake was again mounted 
and the three miles to South Wraxall were soon covered. The 

