. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. CELTIC AND ROMANO-BRITISH HERTFORDSHIRE broken at the neck, is supposed to have been found at Royston and is now in the Hertford Museum [Inform from Mr Bullen]. Some of the barrows in the neighbourhood-efpedal y sTe tZSh ?'k ?l°1 ^^^r^^-^- yielded Roman coins and%ottery, but fo^r these see Therfield and Kelshall. The really important finds occur over the Cambridgeshire border, but only a mile or two away, at LitHngton (villa and cemetery) and Limloe Hill (cemetery). No evidence of Roman occupation has been found in the cave her
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. CELTIC AND ROMANO-BRITISH HERTFORDSHIRE broken at the neck, is supposed to have been found at Royston and is now in the Hertford Museum [Inform from Mr Bullen]. Some of the barrows in the neighbourhood-efpedal y sTe tZSh ?'k ?l°1 ^^^r^^-^- yielded Roman coins and%ottery, but fo^r these see Therfield and Kelshall. The really important finds occur over the Cambridgeshire border, but only a mile or two away, at LitHngton (villa and cemetery) and Limloe Hill (cemetery). No evidence of Roman occupation has been found in the cave here "iTs^rTi '^'°"^' ^"""^^ ''°'''' ^'°°' Cumberlow Green [English Village Community St. Albans.—See p. 125. SARRATT^Foundations of a building were excavated in October 1907 in a field called Church Field, 200 ft. north of Sarratt Bottom Farm, which slopes southwards from Rosehall Wood to the River Chess. The building was rectangular in plan and measured 48 ft. from east to west and 33 ft. from northto south. It had an apse, 17 ft. across the chord, added on to the west end and built not quite in the centre of the wall, the two rooms being connected by a gap 9 ft. or ID ft wide m the separating wall. The east wall of the rectangular room ran further south, but the end of it was not found. In this wall traces of a post were observed which the excavators thought might possibly be the last of a row. The walls were 2^ ft. thick, lay 9 in. below the surface and extended 3 ft. deep into the ground. They were bmlt of flint and pure Ume cement that was quite soft and wet Some plaster still remained on the inside of the walls. Many bricks, flue tiles, pottery and glass lay about and two illegible coins were found. More buildings exist further north up the hill, but they have not been opened. The upper part of the tower of Holy Cross Church, nearly half a mile south-east of the farm, is almost entirely built with Roman bricks and tiles, and many tiles and pi
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