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LATER excavation of the remains of the remarkable wall discovered on the Romano-British site on Sheepen Farm at Colchester (see NATURE, August 17, p. 251) have served only to strengthen early impressions of its singular character. It has been found to rim in an east-west direction for a distance of approximately 352 ft. At the eastern end, the possibility of further examination comes to an end at Sheepen Lane, so that it cannot bo stated how far, if at all, it extended in this direction. At tho western extremity, aftor a somewhat sinuous course, the wall turns in a right-angled bend to run northward, the construction continuing to be identical in form. The northern corner of what was evidently a large enclosure was located on this wostern side at a distance of 291 ft. from tho southern turn. The course of the northern face is now being traced. Vestiges of cross walls, one running east and west, the other north and south, have been found at a, point situated approximately 150 ft. east of the wost wall. Of these, the former is the more substantial, its foundations having a breadth of 4 ft. 6 in., while those of tho latter are only 2 ft. t3 in. wide. Further excavation showed these to be part of the walls of a Romano-Celtic temple, of which the enclosure was the temenos. The walls of the temple have now been completely traced (The Times, August 28).
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Further Discoveries at Colchester. Nature 136, 330 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136330c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/136330c0