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escape by flight, including that of an old man crouched in 
a corner, at whose side was a box containing 132 small 
coins, which is a very interesting discovery, as showing 
what coins were carried about and were in circulation at the 
time of the Roman occupation. 
It is very probable that after the destruction of the 
town it had been left as a ruin, in which condition it 
would remain until the twelfth century, when it would 
share the fate of the Roman works in this country, and be 
dismantled, in order to provide material for the castles and 
monastic structures which were then erected. In proof of 
this I may state there is scarcely a monastic ruin in the 
neighbourhood of Wroxeter which has not, as a portion of 
its structure, some Roman remains. We all know from 
experience the quickness with which earth accumulates 
round ruins, and thus the ancient town has become buried. 
With regard to the excavations which have been made, the 
results have been considerable ; and, in consequence of 
these, we have been enabled to decide what was the economy 
of a Roman town in England, in a manner which there had 
never before been an opportunity of doing. In speaking 
of the town, however, it is evident that the great road of 
Watling Street ran over the principal street of the town, 
which gave evidence of its importance. The principal 
buildings which had been discovered were as follow : — A 
large edifice, evidently the public baths, in which were 
warm baths, tepid baths, and all the other kinds of baths 
used by the Romans. Adjoining these, on the south side, 
were two large irregularly shaped courts, portions of which 
were paved with large flat tiles ; from this, it is conjectured, 
they were reservoirs or cold baths. A breach in the eastern 
wall of one court had been newly repaired with inferior 
masonry at the time the city of Uriconium was taken and 
destroyed ; and it is a curious circumstance that some large 
