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COMMUNICATIONS 
TO THE 
MONTHLY MEETINGS, 
1863 , 
March 3.—The Rev. John Kenrick read some portions of a 
letter addressed to him by the Rev. C. B. Norcliffe relating to the 
discovery of Roman Remains at Langton. These remains were 
found in a field about a mile to the east of the village of Langton, 
adjoining the four cross roads which lead respectively to Birdsall, 
Langton, Malton, and North Grrimston. About half a mile to the 
north are two tumuli, two sides of a square camp, and some earth¬ 
works. The tessellated pavement discovered had suffered great 
damage from the plough. About a square foot of it, which remained 
uninjured, was composed of 162 tesserae, all cut out of chalk, 
although the rock of the site is coralline oolite, and the nearest 
chalk is at a distance of two miles. Numerous detached chalk 
tesserae of various sizes were found, and also some small bluish 
ones, (probably derived from the clay shales of the Wolds,) four 
tesserae of brick, seven fragments of cement, and two pieces of an 
urn. Three feet below the surface a large quantity of wood-ashes, 
and part of the upper jaw of a boar were discovered. A little to 
the west, foundations running north and south were traced for 
about forty yards, and at this point a large block of stone, evidently 
from the Birdsall quarries, was found. This stone measured 22-|- 
inches by 27, and 12 inches in depth; it was squared and chamfered 
on three sides, and on its upper surface was a hole five inches in 
diameter, and one inch and a quarter deep, apparently for the 
reception of a pillar or column. 
The Rev. John Kenrick also read some “ additional remarks on 
the Roman Waxed Tablets discovered in the gold mines of Tran¬ 
sylvania,” of which he communicated a notice to the Society at its 
meeting of 4th Nov., 1862. From information subsequently acquired 
