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 ROMANO-BRITISH LONDON America Square, Minories (Plan C, 8-9). — A portion of the Roman wall discovered in December, 1880, in extending Fenchurch Street station; it was composed of limestone and tiles, resembling the portions in Camomile Street and Tower Hill ; since destroyed _Antlq. iii, 62, with two plates ; Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xxxvi, 463 ; Arch. Journ. xxxvii, 452 ; Arch. Iii, 613 ; see above, p. 52]. See also Vine Street. Angel Street and Butcher Hall Lane (Plan C, 201). — Fragments of cinerary urns mentioned in 1843 [Gent. Mag. (1843), '> 2i], but no definite record of burnt bones. Also a portion of a wall (?the wall of the City) found 12 or 14 ft. deep at the north end of Butcher Hall Lane. See also King Edward Street. Artillery Lane, Bishopsgate. — Vase of grey ware with hatched patterns in Guildhall [Cat. 304 (a cinerary urn ?)]. See also p. 7, and under Bishopsgate. Austin Friars (Plan C, 100). — In 1889 Romano-British pottery (Castor and Upchurch ware) and two glass bottles, one hexagonal, the other an unguentarium, were found [Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc. xlvi, 159] ; in or about 1890, a stylus, a double-eyed needle, and a triple-lobed unguentarium were exhibited at the Society of Antiquaries [Prac. Soc. Antiq. (Ser. 2), xiii, 162]. Further finds in 1890 were: a ^m/^kj with annulated surface, 5jin. high, a bronze steelyard beam [? Guildhall Mus. Cat. 6], an iron gouge, bronze coins of Antoninus Pius and Faustina the Elder, also a knife, chisel, and harrow-tooth [Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xlvii, 88]. 'Flower' vase with 'frilled' ornamentation in British Museum (Roach Smith) and one of Upchurch ware in Mr. Hilton Price's collection ; in the Guildhall, numerous objects, some of which may be identical with those mentioned above ; they include hairpins, needles, styli, and other implements in bronze, iron, and bone, several lamps [Cat. 6, 13, 24, 28, &c.], a bronze bust [Cat. 11], and some specimens of plain pottery [Cat. 314, 331, 365]. In the collection of Mr. W. M. Newton of Dartford, a bronze fibula of 2nd-century type with enamelling. Bank of England (Plan C, 115). — A pavement, now in the British Museum, was found in 1805 ' under the S. W. angle ' of the building, 20 ft. W. of the W. gate opening into Lothbury and 12 ft. below the street.' It measured in all 1 1 ft. square, the central portion being 4 ft. square and having a pattern of four acanthus leaves in a circle in red, black, and grey, on a white field. The edges of the pavement were said to have shown traces of fire [Arch, xxxix, 491, fF; Gent. Mag. (1807), i, 415 ; Rom.-Brit. Rem. i, 187 ; I//us. Rom. Lond. 56, pi. 11 ; Morgan, Rom.-Brit. Mosaic Pavements, 1 81 ; Soc. Antiq. MS. Min. xxxi, 63]. Other pavements are recorded by Kelsey, covering the area between Princes Street, Lothbury, and Bartholomew Lane (Plan C, 113) [Kelsey, Descr. of Sewers, 258; Arch. Ix, 237]. A supposed Roman bust found in digging foundations of Bank (1733) [Soc. Antiq. MS. Min. ii, 14]. In the British Museum a fragment of Graufesenque pottery with stamp of Germanus, and two bronze pins [Franks, 1891]. For site of Bank Station (City and South London Railway) see St. Mary Woolnoth. See also Royal Exchange, Threadneedle Street. Bank Buildings (Plan C, 88). — Part of a coarse pavement of red tesserae, pottery, &c., found under Mr. E. Freshfield's offices in 1895, at a depth of 17 ft. [Proc. Soc. Antiq. (Ser. 2), xvi, 36]. Barbican. — Bronze fibula of ' bow-shaped cruciform ' type in Guildhall Museum [Cat. 8]. Barge Yard (Mansion House) (Plan C, 96). — Finds of small objects have been made here from time to time, and many of these are in the Guildhall Museum. They include Gaulish pottery, glass, ' bone pins, iron tools, and small bronze objects such as keys and a pair of compasses (1891). The Gaulish potters' marks from this site are given in Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xxxvi (1880), 237 [see also ibid, xlvii, 88 ; Arch. Rev. i, 274]. Among the objects in the Guildhall are a gem with intaglio of a woman with cornucopia [Cat. 401], some thin gold plates, perhaps from a scabbard, a Gaulish bowl with design of dolphins and masks, and a jar of black ware with scored patterns (first century). In the British Museum are fragments of a ' free style ' bowl and of late stamped ware from north-east Gaul, a jet pin, a bronze spatula (Hilton Price, 1883), and a pair of bronze pendants. Bartholomew Close, Smithfield. — Bronze handle of chest from Roach Smith collection in British Museum [Arch. Rev. i, 275]. Bartholomew Lane (Plan C, 97). — A portion of a tessellated pavement was found in 1841 (probably when tlie church of St. Bartholomew was being destroyed, see p. 121), of which 'a large piece was preserved by the city authorities, but it is not known where' [Arch, xxxix, 155]. Another account says : ' A piece of tessellated pavement, consisting of a scroll of ivy leaves in black upon ' For S.W. we should apparently read here N.W. 87