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were found in one corner of each, but the ground had been lowered at a previous date and the 

 floor destroyed. Room No. 7 formed a passage 5 ft. 5 in. wide, with a step at the entrance to 

 the north-west corridor. It was paved with red tesserae. Room 8 was 19 ft. 6 in. by 1 8 ft. 9 in. 

 The wall on the south-east was scarcely traceable, but the other walls were in good condition 

 to the height of i8in. The pavement, the middle of which was destroyed, was of white 

 tesserae for a width of 27 in. from the wall ; the interior, so far as it remained, had the usual 

 red pavement, but in the three corners it was continued for some inches into the border. 

 Room 9 measured 19 ft. 6 in. by 12 ft. 9 in. ; the tesserae of the pavement were mostly red, 

 with a few white, yellow, and black, which in some cases adhered together in an orna- 

 mental pattern as they had been laid. Room 1 1 was probably a passage. Another range of 

 buildings extended to the north-west of room 5, and at f there was a mass of rubble wall with tile 

 courses, which was traced to a depth of 4 ft. Here a number of small bones of a cat or rabbit 

 were found. The following articles were found in the villa : Two brass coins of Constantino 

 the Great (A.D. 306-37) ; a brazen or copper coin of Tetricus (A.D. 268-73) ; a small British 

 coin of brass, possibly of the age of Tetricus ; a pin of ivory or very hard bone, carved, in 

 perfect preservation, except the point, measuring 3-^5 in. ; another pin, of darker colour, and 

 finer workmanship, imperfect ; a great deal of broken pottery, with a few pieces of Castor 

 and Samian ware ; a piece of stag's horn ; oyster shells and whelks, the former in considerable 



PLAN OF ROMAN VILLA DISCOVERED AT LATIMEK. Scale 20 ft. to I in. 



quantities ; pointed pieces of iron, "]\ in. and \\ in. in length ; pieces of lead and a large 

 quantity of iron nails ; a small piece of a glass vessel and fragments of window-glass ; flue-tiles, 

 mostly broken, measuring 15^ in. by i6Jin. by 4^ in., one nearly perfect, ornamented on two 

 sides with a pattern, the rest merely scored on the wider side with a comb ; flanged roof-tiles, 

 measuring 16 in. by 12 in. at the broader and lojin. at the narrower end, but the measure- 

 ments vary considerably in different tiles ; these, together with ridge-tiles measuring about 

 15 in. by 7^ in. by i in. were found mostly in a broken state, overlying the pavements in all 

 parts of the building [Rec. of Bucks, iii (5), 181, et seq.]. 



LEE. Roman remains from Bray's Wood, near Lee, were exhibited at the Loan Exhibition 

 at Buckingham, July 1855. There is a square entrenchment at Bray's Wood [Bucks. 6-in. 

 O.S. xxxviii, NE. ; Rec. of Bucks, vi, 297 ; Lipscomb, Bucks, ii, 359]. 



MARLOW. On 4 May 1780 two small bronze human figures, supposed to be of women, were 

 found near Marlow [MS. Min. Soc. Antiq. xvii, 37]. In February 1779 a bronze Roman 

 fibula was also found near here [MS. Min. Soc. Antiq. xvi, 213]. 



MENTMORE. Remains were discovered here which possibly indicate a Saxon interment on a Roman 

 site, though the coins, which are the only indication of a Roman origin, may have accompanied 

 the Saxon burial [Prac. Soc. Antiq. iii, 72]. In 1852 there were found a spear -head (obviously 

 a Saxon relic), a bronze clasp, a coin of Constans or Constantius, several bones of animals, 

 and Roman coins [Bucks. 6-in. O.S. xxiv, SE.]. At a date previous to this a cup-shaped 

 fibula and an ' ornament probably from a soldier's belt ' were revealed [drch. xxxv, 380]. 

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