Archaeologia cantiana . AT PLAXTOL IN KENT. 5 however, with INIr. Martins goodwill and assistance, thatby the next annual meeting of the Society, I shall beable to lay before them a. perfect plan of the building,or rather, 1 should say, of the foundations, and possibly,by analogy, of the construction of the floors. More wecannot hope for, as from the ruthless way in which allaboveground seems to have been destroyed, and therooms filled up, the hypocausts are all compressed intoa confused mass of solid debris. Plate III. shows a plan of the present state of theseexcavations. The walls are of st
Archaeologia cantiana . AT PLAXTOL IN KENT. 5 however, with INIr. Martins goodwill and assistance, thatby the next annual meeting of the Society, I shall beable to lay before them a. perfect plan of the building,or rather, 1 should say, of the foundations, and possibly,by analogy, of the construction of the floors. More wecannot hope for, as from the ruthless way in which allaboveground seems to have been destroyed, and therooms filled up, the hypocausts are all compressed intoa confused mass of solid debris. Plate III. shows a plan of the present state of theseexcavations. The walls are of strong masonry, varyingfrom 1 foot 6 inches to 2 feet 3 inches in thickness. In the semicircular room, a, b is a step or seat 1 footwide, of tile laid in concrete; c is paved with stone onthe solid; d appears to be a drain, it is 1 foot wide, andmade of flanged tile; f is a room 5 feet 6 inches by 9feet,, paved and faced with tile, the facing being laid ina 6-inch coating of concrete; the floor of this room is2 feet below
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