Archaeologia cantiana . ion of the hypocausttill it was terminated westward by a cross wall, at 60 feet 7 inches,from the inner eastern wall of room No. 2 on the plan. At the west end a rectangular room was found, about 10 feetsquare, sunk lower than the remainder of the building. This chamberwas filled with ashes and stones as high as the lateral outer walls ;at that level appeared a rough concrete. On clearing this out, withthe charcoal and debris, we found it had no paved bottom, and wesoon reached the water level; the side walls resting on foundationsof large stones, which also we could pr
Archaeologia cantiana . ion of the hypocausttill it was terminated westward by a cross wall, at 60 feet 7 inches,from the inner eastern wall of room No. 2 on the plan. At the west end a rectangular room was found, about 10 feetsquare, sunk lower than the remainder of the building. This chamberwas filled with ashes and stones as high as the lateral outer walls ;at that level appeared a rough concrete. On clearing this out, withthe charcoal and debris, we found it had no paved bottom, and wesoon reached the water level; the side walls resting on foundationsof large stones, which also we could probe at various depths in thisroom. In the south-eastern corner of this, beneath the ashes, wefound a large and nearly entire earthen vessel, in an upright position. Resting on the south wall of this building, but not quite in thecentre of it, we discovered a conckete bath. It was of the shapeof a slipper bath. Its length was, at the top, from east to west,3 feet 10 inches ; at the bottom, 3 feet 6 inches, Jts breadth at. 352 THE ROMAN VILLA AT WINGHAM. walls was 11 feet 4 inches at the east end, but was 4 inches less atthe west end. The whole of this part of the structure rests upon a foundationof large flint stones, covered with a concrete of mortar and smallflint pebbles, and this particular concrete terminates at the 44 feet,where the cross wall of tiles formerly existed. The block of masonrybefore mentioned is built in the shape of a small rectangular roomon the south side, and in a cross T shaped mass on the north ; thewhole of the interspace was filled in with large irregular flint Sheppard caused these to be removed from the south side. Iconsidered this was only a similarly used block to those found inthe primary hypocaust, where the fire and smoke had penetratedbetween the interstices of the stones; but Mr. Sheppard thoughtotherwise. The position and form of these blocks will be bestunderstood by referring to the birds-eye view, where they occupythe centre of
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