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It was about 9ft. in diameter, and did not appear to extend further. 



At " F" a few patches of concrete, indicating the existence of 

 another concrete floor, were found. 



There was an idea among the labourers that a piece of pavement 

 with diamonds in white on a red ground had once been uncovered 

 by the plough, but diligent search failed to discover any traces of it. 

 All the tesserae torn up by the plough, and scattered on the surface 

 of the ground, are of precisely the same rough character as those of 

 which the two floors are composed. 



Only one coin was found — a small third brass — from the filleted 

 head apparently 'of the Constantine period, but quite undecipherable. 

 Of other objects the most interesting were two pieces of plain 

 Samian ware, a few bits of the usual rough unglazed pottery, one 

 of somewhat finer grey ware, apparently part of the almost flat top 

 of a box or jar, a few oyster-shells, and a certain number of pieces of 

 plaster, proving that the walls were, like those of Pompeii, painted in 

 various colours. Examples of a fine Pompeian red, a deep maroon, 

 and brown were found, the colours being singularly bright when 

 first found, while on two pieces traces of a pattern or figure appear, 

 of several colours, including green. Some broken tiles and portions 

 of hollow flue bricks were also found. 



After the sketch-plan which accompanies these notes had been 

 taken the whole of the remains were covered up again forthwith, in 

 the hope that the plough from which they have so curiously escaped 

 hitherto may continue to spare them in the future. 



It is possible that a more thorough trenching of the ground might 

 have brought other things to light, though the fact that none of the 

 floors are more than 6in. below the surface, and the entire apparent 

 destruction of the stone foundations, render it unlikely that much 

 more exists to discover. 



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