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XVIII.—Excavations on the site of the Roman city at Silchester, Hants, in 1896

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2012

W. H. St. John Hope Esq.
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The report which I have the honour of submitting to the Society, on behalf of the Executive Committee of the Silchester Excavation Fund, of the discoveries made during the year 1896, is also the record of the systematic excavation of the site by the Committee for the seventh successive season.

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Archaeologia , Volume 55 , Issue 2 , 1897 , pp. 409 - 430
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1897

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page 400 note a These chambers were of the following dimensions: (1) 16 feet 3 inches by 19 feet 6 inches; (2) 14 feet by 20 feet; (3) 16 feet 9 inches by 20 feet 3 inches; (4) 20 feet 8 inches by 20 feet 4 inches. The foundations averaged 2 feet in thickness.

page 400 note b The south wall was 19 1/2 inches and the west wall 21 1/2 inches thick; of the other walls only the gravel foundation remained.

page 411 note a A chamber of like character and in a similar position to this was found in House No. 1, Insula VIII.

page 411 note b The dimensions of the various divisions of this house are as follows: (1) 34 feet 6 inches by 17 feet 6 inches; (2) 13 feet 3 inches by 17 feet 6 inches; (3) 15 feet 2 inches by 17 feet 6 inches; (4) 6 feet by 17 feet; (5) 17 feet by 17 feet 6 inches; (8) 14 feet by 13 feet 6 inches; (9) 14 feet 6 inches by 14 feet 9 inches; (10) 15 feet 6 inches by 54 feet; (11) 19 feet 6 inches by 31 feet 6 inches; (12) 19 feet 3 inches by 20 feet.

page 412 note a The following are the dimensions of the divisions of this building: (1) 11 feet 6 inches by 15 feet 6 inches; (2) 9 feet 8 inches by 10 feet; (3) 9 feet 8 inches by 4 feet 10½ inches; (4) 14 feet 4 inches by 15 feet 8 inches.

page 412 note b Its dimensions were: north side, 16 feet 5 inches; east side, 18 feet 3 inches; south side, 15 feet 9 inches; west side, 19 feet. The north wall was 2 feet 3 inches thick; the east, 1 foot 9 inches; the south and west, 2 feel.

page 414 note a Archaeologia, liv. 447.

page 414 note b In our account of the finding of these, at p. 245 ante, the well with a tub found in Insula IX. is wrongly described as being in House No. 1 instead of House No. 3.

page 414 note c I am indebted to Mr. A. H. Estcourt, Deputy Governor of the Isle of Wight, for this information, and to Mr. Henry Laver, F.S.A., for a similar account of well-sinking as practised in Essex. I have also to thank my friend Lieut.-Col. Beamish, R.E., F.S.A., for other information on the subject.

page 416 note a In this respect it resembles the original plan of House No. 1, Insula I. with which, indeed, it may be contemporary.

page 417 note a The areas of the different parts of the house were as follows: (1) 7 feet 6 inches by 11 feet 5 inches; (2) 17 feet 1 inch by 28 feet 8 inches; (5–10) a uniform width of 16 feet 8 inches from north to south, and a width east and west, of (5) 14 feet 8 inches, (6) 16 feet, (7) 13 feet 4 inches, (8) 6 feet 6 inches, (9) 14 feet 8 inches, (10) 14 feet 1 inch; (11–13) were 8 feet 3 inches wide and 38 feet 7 inches, 24 feet 9 inches, and 19 feet 8 inches long, respectively; (15) 13 feet 4 inches by 16 feet 4 inches; (16) 22 feet 5 inches by 16 feet 9 inches; (19) 14 feet 2 inches by 17 feet 2 inches; (20) 13 feet 8 inches by 17 feet 4 inches. The corridors (17) and (18) were 7 feet 6 inches and 9 feet 4 inches wide, respectively.

page 423 note a Grignon, , Bultin des fouilles faites par urdre du Roi, d'une Ville Romaine, sur la petite montagne du Chatelet, entre St. Dizier et Joinville, en Champagne, découverte en 1772 (Bar-le-Duc, 1774), ixGoogle Scholar.

page 424 note a Archaeologia, liii. 281–283.

page 425 note a The outer facing of the wall is perfect for some little way beyond the gate northwards to a height of 2 feet 3 inches above the plinth. It was formed of flints regularly laid, with lacing courses of sandstone at intervals.

page 426 note a Archaeologia, lii. 756, and plate xxxiii.

page 427 note a See Archaeologia, lii. 609–616.

page 428 note a Archaeologia, xl. 416.

page 428 note b Archaeologia, liv. 237.

page 429 note a See ante, 238, fig. 3.