. The Archaeological journal. indsome cottages, still within the Borough examined two more round pits : of these Ihave no particular record beyond the fact. that a pair of bronze t weezers with an ear-pick was taken from one. and a silver denarius of Saloninus from the other, but T remember many fragments of pottery and animalshones iii both. After an interval of a yearand a half. I again met with similar shafts, ami on the 9th of .July. 1847, a very deep one \\;is opened in a field rather more than a mile oiilside the w;ills; d0WB tO s feel, two small brass coins of Claudius Gothicus,
. The Archaeological journal. indsome cottages, still within the Borough examined two more round pits : of these Ihave no particular record beyond the fact. that a pair of bronze t weezers with an ear-pick was taken from one. and a silver denarius of Saloninus from the other, but T remember many fragments of pottery and animalshones iii both. After an interval of a yearand a half. I again met with similar shafts, ami on the 9th of .July. 1847, a very deep one \\;is opened in a field rather more than a mile oiilside the w;ills; d0WB tO s feel, two small brass coins of Claudius Gothicus, some bullocks bones,limpet and oyster shells, were all thai were found ; at thatdepth, however, appeared a line bronze comb with a double of teeth (an objecl of very rar scurrence, formed oi metal) ; from 8 to is feet, only potterv in fragments, partsof ,-i human -full, a bronze pin, and a plated denarius ofI -11111110; Inn .-it 20 feei lav a bronze patera, or ladle,with trace I gilding upon ii ; of the comb and ladle repre-. i quarter of ,-i DISCOVERED AT THE ROMAN STATION AT CHE8TEBFOED. 118 sentations are given (sec woodcuts, next page).2 Between20 and 28 feet, at the bottom of the hole, broken pottery andbones of animals were plentiful, and at last water appeared ; Imust observe that it is probable the anxiety of my labourersto fathom the real depth, caused them to penetrate beyondit and strike a spring. Three vessels, a miniature tun,3(see woodcut) a basin of black glazed ware, resembling thatfound near Upchurch, in Kent, and a common vase, wererestored from the broken pieces in this shaft. In theSeptember following, I explored several more pits just withinthe wall of the station and close to one another. Thedeepest did not exceed 18 feet, but the}- averaged from 12to 15 feet. Bones of bullocks were found in all, onecontained the heads of two ravens and a cock, some thebones of dogs, some, oyster-shells ; from one, a roof copingtile, without any traces of mortar on it, wa
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