166 KXI'LANATION OF THE PLATES. 



The gciieial outline of the Walls will be immediately perceived, and the 

 four Gateways, j\\ IF, S, E. At xY, cl, d, are f>een the Drains. At IF, the 

 Pavement of the Street passing through the gateway remained, as did also 

 the pavement of the same street where it abutted on the Large Building, 

 a, immediately to the right of TF. The ground plan of the gateway, 6", 

 was very i)erfect. To the right of S, at b, is the rounded corner of the 

 Rampart, exceedingly well developed, with the wall, C, inside, "tied" to it 

 in building. Near C were found the swords and enamelled equestrian orna- 

 ments. For a long distance, from b towards £", the wall was uncovered, 

 as indicated in the Plan, the facing stones on each side being gone, but the 

 broad core remaining, except at one or two points, and in particular at f^ 

 where a noble piece of several yards in length rem lined on the inner side 

 quite perfect. It will be observed that the gateway, £, is not exactly oppo- 

 site to the gateway, W. At^^ another rounded corner of the rampart was 

 uncovered, but the inner part was not excavated, so that it is not known 

 whether there existed there a wall, or not, inside, as C at &. 



At h, h, h, are ancient Paved Roads, crossed by the trenches cut by the 

 explorers, at a considerable height above the level of the Roman buildings, 

 and running apparently all roimd the Station, in lines parallel to the 

 ramparts. Similar raised roads, constructed of pebbles, with paving flags 

 above, ran along the west wall, j,j, of the building a, and then at right 

 angles in the direction h, crossing the upper part of the Arched Chamber, 

 Z» which was filled with stones from the Mussel Scarp and clay tightly pud- 

 dled in. On the left side of the building, a, outside all, is seen a drain, 

 which ran the whole length of the wall, and drained the foundation. At 

 the lower end of this was the pier, m, already noticed as evidently not of 

 Roman work, but probably Romano-British, composed of stones bedded in 

 clay instead of mortar. In front are seen the three Pedestals, p, p, p. 

 The arrhed chamber, I, was probably connected with the heating. The 

 northernmost arch remained, the rest were all broken. 



At O was a building, apparently part of a larger one, the rest of which 

 was not excavated. In front of it is a pavement, part of a street apparently, 

 leading into the Forum. The pavement reappears to the right of O, ap- 

 proaching the Forum, and another pavement also, cros-^ing the former at 

 right angles. The fallen wall, n, is plainly seen on the floor of the Forum, 

 and the channelled stones running round three sides of it. At q, is the 

 Table-altar of later date: to the right of q, the Shops: at r, the Well : 

 t is the great hall of what I sujjpose to be the Pra;torium : u is the Sunken 

 Chamber, with the steps and impluvium or other object : IV is the Wall of 

 another important edifice. 



At .V, to the right of the Forum, near the rampart, many interesting 

 articlea were found ; amongst them the bronze lamp, the writing stilus. 



