Greenwich Park: its history and associations . d and well does not appear to have been a hypocaustunder this pavement, although traces of such withround tiles were found on a slightly lower level atno great distance away. Judging from the large quantity of ashes, char-coal, nails with burnt wood attached, and burnedpottery which were found covering a considerablespace on one of the floors, it would appear that aportion of the villa had been destroyed by fire. Thatthe fire was of considerable proportions and the heatintense, is inferred from the ruined floor, and con-dition of t
Greenwich Park: its history and associations . d and well does not appear to have been a hypocaustunder this pavement, although traces of such withround tiles were found on a slightly lower level atno great distance away. Judging from the large quantity of ashes, char-coal, nails with burnt wood attached, and burnedpottery which were found covering a considerablespace on one of the floors, it would appear that aportion of the villa had been destroyed by fire. Thatthe fire was of considerable proportions and the heatintense, is inferred from the ruined floor, and con-dition of the stones, which were much discolouredand cracked, as would be the case when subjected togreat heat. Two coins of Hadrian were found on theburnt floor, and quantities of broken and burnt blackpottery, with a large number of nails and spikes, towhich, in many instances, charred wood was another building took the place of that consumedby fire is evident from the portions of a nicelyexecuted floor which were found contiguous to and. Photo by Mr. J. P. B. Webster. Roman Pavement found in Greenwich Park. ROMAN REMAINS. 71 at a higher level than that on which the charredmaterials were deposited, as also from built stonefoundations which were come across beneath thisfloor and on the same level as that on which theevidences of burning were discovered. The large number of coins that have been found—over 300—has excited a good deal of commentas to how they got deposited, as, on comparison withthose unearthed at other Roman villas, the GreenwichPark number is far in excess. The site may havebeen a pay place for soldiers, a canteen, or theresidence of an officer connected with the Mint ;however, the fact of the coins being found singly overan area of nearly an acre of ground, and not containedin a pot, or urn, would point to the fact of theirhaving been lost at various periods, as indicated bythe date of the coins. It is difficult to account forthe numbers of barbarous Br
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