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the residence of the Dosruu family, is a beautiful example of 
the domestic architecture of the period when it was constructed. 
It is surrounded by a moat, which seems to point to the 
existence of an earlier building, better constructed for defence 
than the present edifice. 
From Whittington the carriages proceeded to Sevenhampton, 
where the Church and manor-house were inspected. The former 
is of Early English date. In a south Chapel is an Karly English 
triplet, with detached shafts, the latter recent and bad. The 
walls show traces of colour, and of inscriptions, which may 
still in parts be read. In the manor-house, formerly a country 
residence of the Abbots of Llanthony, the members of the 
Club were courteously received by Mrs Lawrencz, the relict 
of the late Watrer Lawrence, Hsq., who, some years since, in 
association with Mr Roeers, of Dowdeswell, conducted a series 
of excavations on the site of a Roman settlement at Wickham 
Field, near Andoversford Inn, which yielded a large number of 
objects of iron and bronze, but with little of unusual interest, 
if we except a bronze statuette of an armed Roman soldier, 
«bout four inches in height. It is supposed to have been the 
figure of a charioteer, as the remains of reins were in one hand, 
which is raised aloft; but if it were so, no trace of the chariot 
could be found. Some time was here spent in examining the 
large collection of objects of antiquarian interest most liberally 
displayed by the kind hostess, to whom the best thanks of the 
Society were tendered by their President. 
Halting by the way to inspect at Charlton Abbots a fine 
old manor-house, now a farm, the carriages proceeded, by cross 
country roads, down precipitous hills—commanding beautiful 
views over the distant country—to Spoonley Wood. To this 
the carriages could not approach nearer than about three 
quarters of a mile, so they had to be left, and a walk over 
swampy meadows and through quaggy woodland brought the 
party at length to the Roman villa of which they were in quest. 
It faces west, and forms three sides of a parallelogram, of 
which the central portion is about 200 feet in length, and the 
wings 150. They found the centre and south wing excavated. 
