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northward, upon the site of chambers X., XXV. or part of the 
passage along the north side the building, and XXII. or part of 
the eastern passage. 
Chamber X. was then converted into a hypocaust with a stoke- 
hole in its north-east angle, but the rest of the new chamber had 
no hypocaust beneath. 
It is quite possible the new addition was divided into two 
chambers by leaving the old north wall of chamber X and merely 
piercing it with an opening. 
The apsidal north end was built square externally and had a 
buttress projecting 44 feet in line with each side wall and one in 
the centre. These buttresses had small chamfered plinths on their 
— north faces. 
There was a piece of foundation on the east side that may have 
been for another buttress. 
Between the buttresses had been built, still later in Roman 
times, high blocks of masonry with rough offsets to the north, but 
for what purpose it is impossible to say. 
As a result of this addition the old east passage was destroyed, 
and as this seemed a requisite part of the villa it was built again 
eastward of the new building. 
Chamber XXIII. formed the southern part of the rebuilt east 
passage, which was 8 feet wide and had a projecting footing 3 
feet wide in its east face. 

Figure of Huntsman in a niche. 
