Archaeologia cantiana . much defaced, and so little of the surface has been preserved, thatit is not possible to decipher them. Circular Tomb, B. The ruins of the circular tower stood 10 feet from the boun-dary wall facing the Roman road, about midway between the southand west corners of the enclosure. They were covered with earth,and upon clearing the ground away it was found that a portion ofthe wall on the north-east side had been removed. There remainedabout three-fourths of the circular walls, which stood about 2 feetor 21 feet above the original surface of the ground. This roundtower mea
Archaeologia cantiana . much defaced, and so little of the surface has been preserved, thatit is not possible to decipher them. Circular Tomb, B. The ruins of the circular tower stood 10 feet from the boun-dary wall facing the Roman road, about midway between the southand west corners of the enclosure. They were covered with earth,and upon clearing the ground away it was found that a portion ofthe wall on the north-east side had been removed. There remainedabout three-fourths of the circular walls, which stood about 2 feetor 21 feet above the original surface of the ground. This roundtower measured 11 feet 6 inches in diameter on the outer side, and 5 feet within. The walls, which were 3 feet thick at the base, werecontracted at 1 foot above the ground to 2 feet 9 inches, having aset-off of 3 inches running round the building. The foundation waslaid at 2 feet below the surface, 3 feet wide, and consisted of KentishRag stones of irregular sizes, in random work, laid in very fine a 2 84 A WALLED ROMAN CEMETERY. VIEW OP THE CIRCULAR TOMB, AS SEEN FROM THE WEST, WITH THESQUARE TOMB BEYOND IT. mortar or cement. The sand used was bank sand, and finer thanany in the other buildings. The wall above the surface, up to theset-off, consisted of two courses of hammered Rag stone headers ofirregular sizes, varying from 6 to 15 inches long, by 3 to 4 incheswide, laid in cement on the outer face ; but the interior of the wallhad been grouted. The upper part of the building was of similarconstruction. In the walls were large quantities of a very hard bluemortar or cement. The exterior of this tomb had been covered with cement, andornamented with engaged columns and pilasters, the whole beingcoloured. The lower part of the wall to the set-off, 1 foot high, wascovered with cement mixed with powdered tile, 1 inch thick, of a pinkcolour. Above the set-off the wall was covered with cement, andpainted in stucco in small squares of a reddish-brown colour, anddivided by broad lines of yell
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