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splayed bases and moulded caps, had separated the bays, and 
that they were spanned with arches, closed with thin projecting 
keystones. 
Passing through the centre bay, which is a little wider than 
the others, a full width space is reached, and communicating with 
it at the north end of the building is a series of chambers, five in 
number. In the floor of the centre one is a pit 5 feet deep, ap- 
proached by descending steps. The walls are formed of large 
stone flags set on end, and remains seem to indicate that a parapet, 
finished with a moulded cope clamped with a continuous bar of 
iron, rose above the floor. Some grain and a quantity of frag- 
ments of window glass were found in it. The floor of the chamber 
west of the central one shows a square sinking about 3 inches 
deep, in the centre of which some kind of pedestal has stood, and 
the surrounding pavement is worn with use, mostly at one side. 
The two flanking chambers of the row also show square blank 
spaces in the centre of the flag floors. 
Comparing this building with the corresponding one shown on 
the plan of Chesters, and named the Forum in Dr Bruce’s Hand-Book 
to the Roman Wall, it is found that the same number and arrange- 
ment of chambers obtains in both, and only in one respect is there 
any material difference. At Chesters the aspect is towards the 
north ; here it is southwards. 
The next building eastwards (XIII.) is enclosed by walling 
2 feet 6 inches thick, strengthened with buttresses, but no division 
walls were found, and it and those numbered IX. and X. do not 
present any particular distinguishing features. 
No. XIV. is the bath. There is a hypocaust, with pillars for 
supporting the floor, a furnace door, air duct, flue, and drains, and. 
a well for the supply of water. The well is four feet square at 
the bottom and 12 feet deep, and it widens out somewhat at the 
top, becoming nearly circular on plan. The walls are rudely built 
of undressed stones over a square oak frame. The remains of an 
oak ladder, chips of pottery, and some shoe leather were found 
in it. 
Nos. XI. and XV. are peculiar. The narrow form, the great 
thickness of the walls (8 fest 8 inches), and the numerous heavy 
buttresses exhibited, leave little room for doubt that the buildings 
were spanned by vaulted stone roofs. The floors were raised on 
walls, with air ducts between them. <A quantity of calcined wheat 
