Archaeologia cantiana . ously massive wall of Romanmasonry, with the usual string-courses of brick ; and the same wall was found again continuing the same line a few yards further on in Gruildhall Street The discovery of this piece of unmistakably Roman wall, from its width also unmistakablycity wall, gives fresh point to the question whether we may notexpect some future excavation into the earthen banks, on thesouthern and eastern sides [of Canterbury], to reveal a Eomanwall in them. Or can we suppose one side of the city to havebeen fortified with earthwork only, and the other with a wall of
Archaeologia cantiana . ously massive wall of Romanmasonry, with the usual string-courses of brick ; and the same wall was found again continuing the same line a few yards further on in Gruildhall Street The discovery of this piece of unmistakably Roman wall, from its width also unmistakablycity wall, gives fresh point to the question whether we may notexpect some future excavation into the earthen banks, on thesouthern and eastern sides [of Canterbury], to reveal a Eomanwall in them. Or can we suppose one side of the city to havebeen fortified with earthwork only, and the other with a wall ofstone ? Mr. Faussett believed that the existing earthen wall of the cityis a Roman wall or occupies its site. The earthen wall stopssuddenly, not far north of Burgate, in the garden of a residentiaryhouse* near the south-eastern corner of the Cathedral that point, said Mr. Faussett, it probably ran directly towards * Occupied now and for many years past by the Bev. F. Kouch, a MinorCanon of the 340 ROMAN CANTERBURY. Kings Bridge, ho discovered the longitudinal half of an oak trunk,30 feet long, which had been used as a footbridge. Over it no lessthan 7 feet of soil had accumulated. It is marked 88x upon hisvaluable plan; portions of which are reproduced here, as it isnot easily accessible to many readers in the Archccologia, vol. xliii. The exact line of the Roman west boundary was determined bythe fair face of a wall which Mr. Pilbrow discovered, under the road-way in front of All Saints Church. It is marked 72 on his plan ;and is distinguished by the letter m on Mr. Faussetts. This solidwall ran from east to west, in the same direction as the road, for adistance of 12 feet. It was 4 feet below the present surface, andwas built of squared stones, each 13 inches thick, well jointed, andlaid on a bed of concrete. This wall seems to have been part of agateway in the Roman boundary. Its eastern face stood about 90feet from the west wall of the great buil
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