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Title: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. cn
Subjects: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Publisher: Bristol, Eng. : The Society
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imens of the brick coverings, and of the flue-tiles with diversified scorings, were found amongst the debris. The apse above referred to was on the northern side of this chamber, and was built of dressed stones, with a bold set-off running round it above the basement level. The masonry of the apse when uncovered presented a singularly fresh and finished appearance, and if the character of this wall may be taken to indicate that of the superstructure, the general workmanship of the Villa must have been of a superior kind. There were no actual remains of a bath found, unless some lumps of coloured stucco that lay about might be regarded as such. Behind the space marked (i), and at a distance of ten feet from the eastern angle, the well was located. This was five feet in diameter, and was found to be in a state of good preservation. V 1 At the time of going to press the clearing out of the well was notcompleted ; and as a quantity of water had been met with, the resultsremained doubtful.
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ill 0 \ i Remains OF a Roman Villa at Brislington. 299 A large flue (k) eighi feet in length, in which a quantityof ashes were found, formed the connection between thehypocausts of the two chambers. The masonry on eitherside of this flue was of great strength. The remains of the hypocaust of room No. 10, like thoseof the adjoining chamber, were in an interesting state ofpreservation, more than thirty of the pilae, more or lessperfect, remaining in situ. They v/ere absent chiefly onthe northern side, where the foundation wall had also beenentirely removed. At the bottom of the wall, in the south-western corner of this chamber, a carefully constructedflue (/) was found, made, not as usual in the form of anarch, but on the corbel principle, diminishing to the top.This was at the angle formed by the junction of the wallsof the rooms numbered 7 and 10. When found the openingwas nearly choked with furnace refuse; and it should benoted that the heap of iron slag lately referred to wasfound n

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