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the exact point of junction between these two formations, at 

 the east end of Blackmoor AVood, and within the limits of the 

 present gardens of Blackmoor House, is a small square island, 

 surrounded by a moat of water ; and behind, and higher than 

 Blackmoor House, to the north (also included within the present 

 gardens), is a piece of land formerly called the " Chapel Field." 

 Here, at the spot marked A on the map, while the foundations 

 were being dug in 1867 for a kitchen-garden wall, the first 

 discovery of Roman, or Roman-British, remains was made. A 

 large sepulchral earthenware vase (Figure 2, Plate II.) was dug 

 up, much broken in the upper part ; in which were contained a 

 small bronze cup, enamelled in various colours (Plate I.), nearly 

 perfect ; and the remains of a bronze patera of extreme thin- 

 ness, of which what seems to have been a handle is figured 

 (No. 5) in Plate IV.; also one large bronze coin, much 

 worn, which is pronounced by competent authority to be 

 of Lucius Verus. There were in this vase some small remains 

 of bones. 



In other parts of the gardens and grounds, and in digging 

 the foundations for the house and offices, there were found many 

 fragments of various articles of Roman pottery, including some 

 of Samian, or imitated from Samian ware ; some Roman tiles, 

 many of which were in the island already mentioned, and seem 

 to have belonged to flues for the passage of hot water or air ; a 

 bronze Celt or axe-head (Figure 1, Plate III.) ; a large leaden ring, 

 such as might have been run through a staple fixed into a post 

 or wall ; and two iron axe-heads ; an iron socket for receiving 

 the head of an axe or other weapon ; a large iron cattle-bell ; 

 and fragments of iron nails, &c. The dates of these leaden 

 and iron articles (all which were much oxidated) I do not 

 profess to determine. 



In 1868, the moat round the small island (marked B on the 

 map) was cleaned out : and at the bottom of it were found a 

 large earthenware water-vessel (Figure 1, Plate II.) and a small 

 earthenware drinking-cup (Figure 3, Plate III.), both in ex- 

 cellent preservation. 



A reservoir, for the storage of water, was constructed under 

 the Temple " hanger," at the spot marked C on the map, in 



