By the Rev. H. A. Olivier, M.A. 



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Jtreasures discovered upon that occasion. They have been now placed 

 tin the Museum at Devizes. 



A quantity of bricks and tiling 1 was dug up in the course of the 

 excavations. The bricks varied in thickness, showing different dates 

 ■ 3 of construction. 



• ] Only one small copper coin was found, which Mr. Davies, of 

 -2 Wallingford, describes as "of Constantius II. (A.D. 350). On 

 i jhe reverse is a winged victory, standing, holding a wreath, with 

 I :he inscription libertas eeipvblic^: + and. l in the field. The 



etters lvg prove that it was coined at Lugdunum (Lyons) . The 

 : join is interesting as a Christian emblem coin, having a cross on 



;he right side of the figure, on the reverse." This has been also 

 ; placed in the Museum. 



The pavements, which were opened upon the occasion of the visit 

 I )f the British Archaeological Association, in 1880, may, from their 



position, mark the site of a double reception room, resembling that 



recently discovered at Brading. A drawing of the pavements as 



bhey appeared in 1810 is given in vol. ii. of Sir R. C. Hoare's 



Ancient Wiltshire. They have been much damaged since that date, 



md but a small portion of them remains. 

 The foundations, with the exception of a short length of nine feet, 

 I ire throughout two feet in width. Nothing was done by way of 

 i blearing out the chambers defined by them. As the ground had 

 I (been worked on three previous occasions (Sir Andrew Baynton 



having been in the field before Sir R. C. Hoare and Mr. Cunnington) 

 I t is not probable that anything of sufficient interest would be dis- 

 ; jovered to justify the expense of such a work; although some of 



bhe problems suggested by the present condition of the remains 



[night be solved by the process. 

 I The excavations recently made have thrown some little light upon 



the size of the original building, only a portion of which, however, 

 : has been thus revealed ; as it must have certainly extended further 



bo the west, where it is cut through transversely by the Devizes and 



Chippenham road. 



The plan, which shows the lines of excavation and the foundations 



discovered, must, it is to be feared, be considered, together with this 



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