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Alotes on Remains of Roman Divellings at 
Harmington Tick. 
By the Rev. E. H. Gopparp. 
NN attention having been called by a letter from the Rev. J. 
4G D B. Smeaton, Vicar of Hannington, to certain Roman 
remains lately brought to light in that parish, I visited 
the spot and found in the middle of a ploughed field, known as the 
“Old Ploughed Ground,” belonging to the Manor Farm, Hannington 
Wick, on the right-hand side of Nelland’s Lane, some two miles 
from the village of Hannington, and within a short distance of the 
River Thames, a small portion of a Roman tessellated pavement 
which had been uncovered a day or two before. A large part of 
the surface of the field was strewn with tessere, with here and there 
a bit of pottery or broken tile or brick ; and it appeared that though 
the labourers on the farm had always known of the existence of 
“them little squares” and of “old foundations” in various parts 
of the field no notice had ever been taken of them beyond digging 
up the stones when the plough happened to hit upon them and 
carting them away to mend the roads. Lately, however, the farm 
has changed hands, and the present occupier—Mr. Wall—as soon 
as the facts came to his knowledge called attention to them and 
expressed a wish that the field should be properly examiaed and the 
remains uncovered. Time, however, pressed, for the field was 
wanted for ploughing again at once—so that whatever was to be done 
must be done forthwith. Accordingly, on the 23d of October, the 
services of three labourers having been secured, with the help of the 
Vicar, Mr. Wall, and other volunteers, the surface soil was carefully 
removed, and the pavement “ A” exposed to view. This measured 
15ft. in length and 7ft. 6in. in breadth, and seemed fairly perfect 
except at the southern end and the sides. It consisted of stripes of 
red and white tessere. The central stripe was white, 9in. in width, 
and formed of eight rows of tesserw, the red stripes on each side of 
it were each 3ft. broad, while the white stripes bordering the sides 
were apparently originally of the same width as the central stripe, 
though only four or five rows of tessere now remain—the outer _ 
