By Harold Brakspear, F.S.A. 



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Chambers XXXIV. anal XXXV. were both of equal size and 

 had apsidal ends towards the west that appear to have had pilasters 

 at the junctions of the circular and square parts. 



Both chambers had hypocausts of which thirteen pilse seem to 

 have been standing in the first and two in the last. " The floor of 

 the hypocaust upon which the pilse were built was formed of 

 concrete at a level of 2 feet 1 0 inches to 3 feet below the room 

 floor above. The letter P marks the position of a hollow flue-tile 

 4 inches square, built into the wall, the bottom of the opening 

 being 2 feet 2 inches above the lower concrete floor. At Q is the 

 aperture for the flame and heat from the furnace K. In all 

 probability there was a duplicate opening at the corresponding 

 point in the intervening wall, but the earth was not sufficiently 

 removed to allow of access. The width of the aperture Q was 

 1 foot 6f inches. At 1 foot 11 inches above the concrete floor, 

 three successive courses of brick projected into its opening, and 

 so, reducing its width, the next course of flat tile completely 

 covered it. The top side of this tile is 2 feet 8 inches above the 

 concrete floor. 



" At E, and at about 1 foot above the concrete floor, apparently 

 crushed down from its proper position, were two small pieces of 

 the tesselated pavement. In one there were three rows of Pennant 

 (dull indigo colour), then four rows of white lias, succeeded by one 

 row of Pennant, evidently part of the border or division, unless it 

 formed a portion of a floor of geometrical design. In the second 

 piece there were two rows of dark Pennant followed by three rows 

 of a lighter shade and then four rows of white lias. The pila3 of 

 the hypocaust were built of the usual 8 inch square tiles." 



Section of west wall of chamber XXXIV. 

 Outside of these chambers was found a drain 12 inches wide and 



