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ROMANO-BRITISH LONDON water having followed its course on the north to the stream.'* A bank and roadway probably ran inside the City Wall, this space being kept clear to allow free military movement, and the present streets, therefore, which follow this course are most likely of early origin. Dr. Woodward records the discovery of a tessellated pavement at Camomile Street, near Bishopsgate,'^ in 1707 ; he states that its depth was 'about four foot underground,' and ' the extent of the pavement in length was uncertain ; it running from Bishops- Gate for sixty foot, quite under the foundation of some houses not yet pull'd down. Its breadth was about ten foot ; terminating on that side, at the distance of three foot and a half from the City wall.' At 4 ft. below this were several Roman urns containing ashes and burnt bones. The position of this pavement so near the City Wall and the slight depth at which it occurred is most unusual and would denote its late age. It is noteworthy that a pavement has been found in a similar position adjoining Newgate. '° Some indications of the early method of planning out the City are pro- vided by what is supposed to have been a boundary mark used by the Roman surveyors." This was discovered in the bed of the Walbrook, at a depth of Fig. 30. — Sketch Plan showing Roman Remains discovered in Lombard Street AND BiRCHiN Lane 1 A pavement of rough stones at 9 ft. and at 12 ft. pavement of red, black, and white tesserae 2 Wall extending west to east about 20 ft. of Roman tiles and two flues 3 Large fragments of different kinds of pavements, &c. 4 Wall of tiles and stone at 14 ft. 5 Two stone walls crossing street 6 Pavement of tiles 7 Arch of rough stone 8 Walls of chalk and remains of tes- sellated pavement 9 Walls 10 Pavement, No. 25, Lombard Street 11-14 Walls of tiles and stone 15 Pavement, Plough Court 16, 18, 19 Walls of tiles and stone, Birchin Lane 17 Pavement of conrse tesserae 20 Pavement of small ornamental tesserae 21 Pavement of chalk 22, 23 Walls " Maitland, Hist, of Land, ii, 826. '^ Lond. and^Midd. Arch. Soc. Trans. , 195. 81 " Letter to Wren. '" Nat. Safe Deposit, 32. II