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162 date 20 November 1948
Mosaic was laid is another question.
Continued cleaning to east of hypocaust. The fill is see stones with a few architectural remains and a loose soil. The stones are more numerous and the earth less solid, directly behind the opening to the hypocaust.
To North<s>/ East & South of Room L, cleared second layer to se revealing outside wall. Along this wall, the soil for about 7 to 10 inches is different. More yellow and more heavily grained than that nearer the building. This soil seems to go down below the three of or four inches we dug out. It seems rather narrow for footing trench. It spreads out to the large stone surrounded by smaller ones. It may well be that we have some form of a garden here outside the bath. On second inspection this soil along wall spreads spreads out around on south
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163 date 20 November 1948
Drawing: ; labels: corner, (L), door, ← yellower thicker soil
Grayer more powdery soil
This wot would confirm garden theory. The stone circle with stones being some form of decoration.
Work stopped [illegible] 15.35
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain