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DIARY 1554
Margin left: 1203-4
East of room 1, I dug today p. 1203-4, a depression in the bedrock which served probably to carry off the water from the drains. very few sherds, no bricks or tiles, few stones, a soft stratum. Also digging
[margin left: 1547-3 drains from bath and room east of east plunge bath unexcavated] p. 1547-3 and 4, north of large plunge bath. 3 is a very hard stratum consisting of many very small rough stones. It may well be earlier than the drains from the plunge baths - no ribbed wares noticed, though pottery has not been washed -. 1547-2 produced much destruction period (middle 4th century) pottery. 1547-4 was a very soft stratum, with very few stones, all small rough ones. Strat. 3 is softer as one gets deeper - possible an the top was a rough trodden level in antiquity. Two drains - terracotta pipe lines - one above the other found in the north wall cont. p 1556
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain