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 ROMANO-BRITISH LONDON For London Stone (Plan C, 133) see Arch. Journ. xxxiv, 398 ; Price, Descr. of Rom. Tess. Pavement, 58 fF. ; Wheatley and Cunningham, London Past and Present, ii, 433 ; Jrc/}. Rev. ', 355- See also St. Swithin's Lane, St. Thomas Apostle, &c. Carter Lane. — Fragments of ' Samian pottery, cinerary urns, coins, &c.,' found about 1843 [Gent. Mag. (1843), •> S^o]. For the wall here see above, p. 69, and Plan C, 60. Castle Street, Aldersgate (Plan C, 40). — In 1865 a tower of the wall was exposed to view in the rear of No. 7 on the east side, of semicircular form. It is said to be of later date than the foundations of the wall, and in any case there does not appear to be any evidence that it is Roman [I//us. Land. News, 19 Aug., 1865,'' Hartridge, Co/i. Newsp. Cuttings, Old London, i, 279 ff. ; see above, p. 63]. See also Falcon Square. Castle Street, Houndsditch. — See Houndsditch. Cateaton Street. — See Gresham Street. Cheapside. — Bagford, writing in 17 14-15, mentions a pavement (Plan C, 174) found at a depth of 15 ft. about a hundred years previously [Leland, Coll. (ed. Hearne), i, 74]. Coins were found, in 1850, including specimens of Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus, Gordian II and III, and Aurelian, in the upper part of this street (Plan C, 181) _Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc, vi, 155], and in 1861 part of a pavement opposite Bow Church (Plan C, 175), of red and white tesserae [Ibid, xvii, 328]. Pottery has been reported at different times, both Gaulish and Upchurch wares [Ibid, xxxvi, 237; xl. III]; and in 1901 some fine specimens of the former were unearthed by Messrs. Hilditch on their premises, No. 11-12, at the corner of Old Change (Plan C, 208), and are now in the British Museum. In the last-named collection are also fragments with potters' stamps (Modestus and Salarius of La Graufesenque ; Doeccus, Beleniccus, Escusius, and Paternus of Lezoux) ; also a large y?^«/« of cross-bow type, found in 1846. In the Guildhall Museum, part of a pavement [Cat. p. 72, No. 3 ; perhaps the one found in 1861] ; also glass vessels from Mercers' Hall [Cat. 124, 131]. In Mr. W. M. Newton's collection, a mortarium stamped twice f.lvgvdv, ' made at Lugudunum.' Kelsey mentions the finding of 'ancient jewellery,' not necessarily Roman [Descr. of Sewers, 319]. For potters' stamps from this site see fourn. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xxxv, 237. In 1879 were found (near the west end of the street, at a depth of 18 ft.) the fragments of a cinerary urn containing bones, said to be those of a young woman [Arch, xxxix, 199 ; see p. 6]. See also Bread Street, St. Mary-le-Bow, and St. Paul's Churchyard. Christ's Hospital (site of) (Plan C, 46-48). — Among the ruins of the Greyfriars Monastery uncovered in 1836 was a fluted pillar of about 18 in. to 20 in. diameter, ornamented at intervals with bands of pendant leaves (described as resembling lotus leaves) ' so that it assimilates in some degree with the Egyptian style.' It appears to have been utilized and altered by the builders of the mediaeval church [Arch, xxvii, 410]. Gaulish pottery in British Museum (one fragment with stamp of Paternus). On the demolition of the old Bluecoat School in 1902 a wall was uncovered, at first thought to be part of the Roman wall, but proved to be of later date [Antiq. xxxviii, 376 ; see also City Press, 10, 13, 17 Sept., 1902, and Illus. Lond. News, 18 Oct., 1902]. But more recent excavations have actually brought to light part of the wall at this point [see above, p. 66]. During the clearance of the ground for the new Post Office buildings in 1907-8 some good finds of coins and pottery were made. The former range from Nero to Constantine. Among the latter are parts of three ist-century ornamented bowls, and others with stamps of Habilis, Liberalis, Martialis, Passenus, and Tauricus, and mortaria with the names of Secundus and Sollus. See also Newgate Street. Church Street, Minories. — 'Sepulchral relics* found under the [Metropolitan District .?] Railway in 1882, consisting of a massive lead coffin ornamented with scallop-shells and the usual beaded pattern [Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xxxviii, 448]. Clement's Lane. — About 1840 walls were found crossing the street at 12 ft. to 15 ft. depth, 3 ft. in thickness, and composed of flints, rubble, and tiles (Plan C, 76). Among finds were frag- ments of pavements, beads, lamps, pottery, coins of Claudius, Nero, Vespasian, Constantine, and Aurelian, and part of a blue glass bottle [Arch, xxvii, 141, xxix, 272 ; Morgan, Rom.-Brit. Mosaic Pavements, 181]. E. B. Price in 1841 also mentions a mortarium with the stamp albinvs, Gaulish pottery, and coins of Vespasian, Domitian, Faustina, Gordian, Constantine, and Carausius [Gent. Mag. (1841), ii, 498 ; Rom.-Brit. Rem. i, 215]. In 1878 a collection '^ In the illustration the courses of Rom.-m tiles appear at so high a level that they must have been worked in in later times. I 97 13