Archaeologia cantiana . ROMAN PAVEMENT, DISCOVERED JUNE? BESIDE THE K INCHES 12 10 3 6 4-2 0 I— I I I I I I —=. ,0th 1758, IN HIGH ST CANTERBURY, fe HEAD INN . 2 /^££T Litli. Castle S* Holbora ( 127 ) ON ROMAN TESSELLATED PAVEMENTS. BY C. ROACH SMITH. The late Mr. John Brent, in his Canterbury in theOlden Time, thus writes: The GentlemansMagazine for January 1808, p. 17, states that atessellated pavement was discovered, 20th June 1758,at three feet under the surface of the soil, in digginga cellar for a house, next to the Kings Head. Adrawing seems to have heen taken of thi
Archaeologia cantiana . ROMAN PAVEMENT, DISCOVERED JUNE? BESIDE THE K INCHES 12 10 3 6 4-2 0 I— I I I I I I —=. ,0th 1758, IN HIGH ST CANTERBURY, fe HEAD INN . 2 /^££T Litli. Castle S* Holbora ( 127 ) ON ROMAN TESSELLATED PAVEMENTS. BY C. ROACH SMITH. The late Mr. John Brent, in his Canterbury in theOlden Time, thus writes: The GentlemansMagazine for January 1808, p. 17, states that atessellated pavement was discovered, 20th June 1758,at three feet under the surface of the soil, in digginga cellar for a house, next to the Kings Head. Adrawing seems to have heen taken of this relic, whichwas once in the possession of a Mr. Edward Jacoh ofEaversham; but I can get no further account of thepavement in question. This identical drawing, I make no doubt, I havediscovered in the Canterbury Collections of MissDunkin, arranged by herself, and her brother the lateAlfred John Dunkin; and by the kind consent ofthe owner and the Council of the Kent ArchaeologicalSociety, it is here engraved, the lettering which servesfor identification being also copied. Mr. Brent, after referring to th
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