Nov. 1 6, 1888.] 



SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 



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part of an erection of considerable artistic pretensions. 



The trench now extended some 300 feet, and in 



a period of a fortnight or so sufficient evidence had been 



brought to light to show that a Roman habitation of no 



(shown in fig. 4), was found to be a chamber 22 ft. 9 in^. 

 wide, and at least 25 ft. long, all the flues being in 

 perfect condition, and in parts 2 ft. 6 ins. deep. The 

 first enclosed space was found to measure 10 ft. by 



Fig. 4. — Hypocaust. 



mean degree lay hidden in that field at a depth of only a 

 few feet ; all the discoveries tended to support that 

 view — the entrance-walls, the numerous rooms and 

 passages, the tesselated pavement and the ornamental 

 walls, the fragments of the pillar and finial, the extent of 

 the hypocaust, etc. 



16 ft., the second 27 ft. by 20 ft., with a large opening 

 into another room, probably about 22 ft. square. 



Long ere this stage had been attained the enthusiasm 

 of many members of the Cardiff Naturalists' Society had 

 been aroused, and some of the energetic members came 

 to the assistance of Mr. Storrie in his interesting labours ; 



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Fig. 5.— Plan of the Excavations. (Rough edges indicate sides of walls unexplored. 



It will be a matter of no surprise that it was now 

 determined to open up some of the treasures touched 

 during the progress of the trench, and therefore excava- 

 tions were continued in those places where enclosed 

 spaces had been encountered. The bath, or hypocaust 



among others, Mr. Progers and Mr. T. H. Thomas, the 

 president of the Society, who had, ex officio, been a 

 prime mover in the work, now came forward and exca- 

 vated a good portion of the beautiful tesselated pave- 

 ment of which we give an illustration and description 



