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The Roman Villa at Box. 



chamber XV. turned again at right angles in a northerly direction. 

 Outside the north wall immediately to the east side of the drain 

 was found a moulded Doric capital, used up for old material, which 

 is now in the Devizes Museum. 



The floor remained for a considerable area in a perfect condition, 

 it was composed of small white and blue tesserre arranged in a fret 

 pattern and had a cream-coloured border. It was slightly higher 

 in level than the floor of the passages round the court, but lower 

 by 7 inches than that of chamber XVIII. 



Chamber XXI. formed part of the passage along the outside of 

 the eastern range of chambers. It was 10 feet wide and 32J feet 

 long, and was entered from the west by passage XIII. 



Along the west side was a piece of masonry projecting 18 inches 

 from the wall that tapered off to the wall face at the south-west 

 angle. 



The east wall was all destroyed above the foundations. 



The north end had a wide opening with square ashlar piers 18 

 inches wide. That on the east remained to some three courses 

 high, but on the west had been destroyed. 



The pavement had been entirely destroyed. 



Chamber XXII. originally formed another section of the same 

 passage, of about the same length as chamber XXL, and had also 

 a wide opening at its north end in line with the northern wall of 

 the northern range of chambers. 



When the addition before mentioned was made, this chamber 

 was reduced to a mere lobby 9 feet from east to west, which 

 apparently was entered from the court by the passage XL, and 

 had another opening opposite into chamber XXIII. 



Before proceeding further it will be well to describe the addition, 

 made at the later period, at the north-east angle of the villa. 



This apparently consisted in building a large room, 24 feet wide 

 by 32 feet from north to south, having an apsidal end projecting 



