It is clear that, as the plough had torn up the floor 

 supported by the h3^pocaust, red pottery and utensils which 

 liad lain upon it, broken and buried by the fall of the roof, 

 had fallen in between the pilge, and mingled with the wood 

 ashes which remained in the hypocaust. A century ago, and 

 even less, these suspended floors were a great puzzle to the 

 antiquary. We are only too thankful where any account, 

 however imperfect, remains to us of what was discovered in 

 a past age. After giving this description of the remains of 

 the Villa, he goes on to describe the upright stones in the 

 field adjoining, and says, " There is a field in this parish 

 called the Chestles, or Castles, where are three large stones, 

 about 5 feet high from the ground, drawn thither from the 

 cliff below, and placed upright, pretty near together, in a 

 triangular form. They are without inscriptions, but one of 

 them being taken down, at the foot of it were found some 

 old coins, a circumstance more especially denoting them to 

 be monumental, but to what age or people they are to be 

 attributed, is not easy to determine." Mr. Ellacombe informs 

 me that these coins " were sold at Mr. Ha}Ties's sale, and 

 may probably be in the Bristol Slusuem." He says that he 

 himself was present at the sale. In a plan and drawing sent 

 me of these stones, some years ago, by Dr. Thurnam, the 

 position of three stones is marked upon the plan, and 

 a fourth represented as broken into two parts, and a 

 fifth lying a little distance out of the circle. The sketch 

 was made by the Rev. T. Webb, October 13th, 1845, 

 and indicates that the three upright stones were most 

 probably covered by a fourth ; and the finding of the 

 coins shows that it evidently was a place of sepulture, 

 and not improbably that of some tenant of the adjoining 

 Villa, ^vho perhaps had been a person of note in his day. 

 The Cromlech might, however, be antecedent to the Villa, 

 and probably was so, and afterwards used as a burying place 



