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 A HISTORY OF LONDON and 2 in. thick, the bottom formed of flange tiles, slightly larger. The tank was of similar tiles lined with plaster and rough mosaic. On the east side of the aqueduct was a transverse conduit of semicircular tiles 17 in. long and 4 in. across, placed to form cylinders [Ibid. (1834), ', 95]-'' ' A portion of the Roman Wall ' discovered in excavations in Monument Yard (Plan C, 65), 1880, in excellent preservation [Jntig. ii, 222 ; see above, p. 71]. Monument Street (Plan C, 23). — In making this new street in 1887, between Pudding Lane and Botolph Lane, was found at a depth of 12 ft. a portion of a pavement with zigzag border and an inscription in black on a white ground — (WUMANI NIIsfGNAfys IMNfESSEL STRAT SEMDSrD the reading of which is doubtful. The second line has been read as a]ntesigna(n)vs, and the third Prof. Hirschfeld, with more certainty, reads as PA v]im(e)nt(vm)(t)essel(latvm) strat(vm). The last four letters are probably dspd {de sua pecunia dedit). The pavement measured 4 ft. by 2 ft. 6 in. ; it broke in pieces when found, and is now lost [Jcademy, 13 Aug. 1887, p. 109, 3 Sept. p. 155 ; Proc. Soc. Antiq. (Ser. 2), xii, 128 ; Arch. Journ. xlv, 184; Ephem. Epigr, vii, 176, No. 817]. Moor Lane. — Portion of ring-armour found about 1853 Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc, viii, 355 ; not necessarily Roman]. Fragments of Lezoux pottery in British Museum (E. B. Price), with stamps of Cocurus and Decuminus. MoORFiELDS.^^ — Two clay ampullae and other remains found in 1863 yourn. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xix, 322]. Part of a bronze relief with figure of woman treated in an archaistic manner, characteristic of the time of Hadrian ; an imitation of archaic Greek work both in style and composition, the attitude being one usually associated with the goddess Spes [Ibid, xx, 273 ; Coll. Antiq. vi, 274]. Two small bronze figures reported in 1874, representing Venus and Apollo ; also some iron implements [yourn. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xxx, 72]. Other finds include a spur [Soc. Antiq. MS. Min. xxxvi, 421]; Upchurch ware from excavations for the Metropolitan Railway [^Arch. Rev. i, 356] ; a jar of black ware with painted patterns found in a leaden cist [MS. Cat. of Mayhew Coll. No. 24]. In the Guildhall Museum, a marble head [Cat. 4] found on the site of the Eye Infirmary, a Gaulish ornamented bowl of form 30 [Cat. 422], a cinerary urn [Cat. 113], and various plain pottery and other objects. CofEn of an infant found in 1873, containing a cup of white ware, a jar of red ware, armlets of jet, a gold wire finger-ring, and a well-preserved gold coin of Salonina, wife of Gallienus (Obv. head and salonina avg ; rev. Venus Victrix) [Journ. Brit. Arch. Assoc. xxxi, 209 ; MS. Cat. of Mayhew Coll. No. 39 ; see above, p. 23. This find is now in the British Museum]. See also Blomfield Street, London Wall, &c. MooRGATE Street (Plan C, iio). — An iron hinge found in 1867 [fourn. Brit. Arch. Assoc. xxiii, 1 01]. In the British Museum, Gaulish pottery with stamps of Vitalis, Genitor, and Caratius. In the Guildhall, a ploughshare, a clay lamp in the form of a negro's and camel's heads conjoined [Cat. 50] ; a Gaulish bowl of form 37, with figures in panels [Cat. 474], and a mortarium with stamp tvgenv [Cat. 649]. Kelsey [Description of Sewers, 138] speaks of masonry and a burial at Moorgate ; on remains of the Wall here see yourn. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xxxviii, 424, and Plan C, 32, 33 ; also p. 61. See also Coleman Street, King's Arms Yard. New Street, Bishopsgate(?). — Pottery in British Museum (Roach Smith): a fragment of Arretine and one of Lezoux ware, both merely marked ' New Street,' without further indication of locality. Newcastle Street, Farringdon Street (Plan A, 60). — Fragments of Roman pottery, an iron stylus, and two small bronze coins of Constantine discovered in 1844 at a depth of 14 ft., at the west end of this street [Arch. Journ. i, 162 ; Numis. Chron. vii, 192]. Jar of black ware with hatched patterns in British Museum. For burial here, see above, p. 24. Newgate Market. — See Paternoster Square. " Cf. the baths found under the Coal Exchange in Lower Thames Street. '° The name of Moorfields is now confined to the street running north and south past Moorgate Street station ; but in the descriptions referred to above it is somewhat loosely used, and some of the finds may actually be from the neighbouring streets or open spaces, in accordance with the old us.ige of the term. 116