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 REMAINS OF THE ANGF.O-HOMAN AGE. 119 7 inches ; half a mile north-west of the church of Waltham St. Laurence. The walls have no extra breadth for foun- dations ; soil, sand and luani ; walls, 1 inches below the surface ; ground in this direction, north-west, ascends gra- dually from the village ; view from the ruins, towards the south, open and extensive, walls composed of flint not sorted, and laid in regular courses, as at Hadstock, but heaped together promiscuously, with a considerable quantity of mortar ; these are the foundation walls of the building, and were always deeply buried in the ground. JMany frag- ments of Roman brick have been dug up during the opera- tions. Flanged bricks among the number." In addition to these summary remarks by Mr. Buckler, little can be said in regard to the construction of the ves- tiges of this building ; it only remains therefore to add a list of the various articles discovered from time to time in their immediate neighbourhood. Like all similar spots, this site appears to have abounded in coins, bricks, tiles, and other signs of Roman habitation, but of these scarcely any record is now attainable, and to the great number of relics carried away at intervals, pre- vious to the investigation, must be attributed the extreme paucity of curiosities produced on that occasion. Thus, of coins but three or four of Constantino were elicited, and not more than eight or ten fragments of pot- tery, though remains of amphorae and culinary vessels were amongst the articles previously alluded to, as removed from this spot. Pieces of tile and brick were found in abundance, and the nature of the mortar used in the construction of the edifice yielded the most conclusive evidence as to its original builders. The Rev. Edwin Parker has most kindly fur- nished me with all the information that could be collected with regard to Weycock and the reliquia) discovered there at various times, as well as an account su1)joined of skeletons exhumed some years since : he has also presented to my museum every thing (whether coins or other antiques) that could be- obtained in the neighbourhood, as having once belonged to Weycock. They include a silver denarius of Honorius: Rev., Rome standing; Leg., yictoria romanorum. A denarius of the Antonia Family : Obv., a Galley ; Rev., an Eagle between two Standards; Leg., legio yii. A third brass coin of Carausius : Obv., Three heads (Carausius,