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| Tombs | Tombs | Mr MacLauchlan’s Plan of Watling Street | 28 chains east of | Four reasonable objects situated | ||
| Tombs | Mr Coulson | Hopesley House. | on the South side of Watling Street | |||
| Tombs | Mr Amos | about 1/2 mile East of Bremenium | ||||
| The most north west one of these objects | ||||||
| consists of a circular stone structure about 4 feet above the ground. This was opened | ||||||
| and an urn, some ashes & coins found in the interior. On the second course of stones from | ||||||
| the ground & on the west side the head of an animal is cut in the face of a stone and | ||||||
| on the east side at the same height from the ground there is a figure like a diamond | ||||||
| cut upon the face of another stone, both very indistinct. Immediately on the south east side of | ||||||
| the circular |
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| marked with blocks of well dressed stones, regularly laid together as if commencing the | ||||||
| foundation of a permanent building. At about 38 yards still further to the south east | ||||||
| lies the fourth grave or tomb. This object is of the same description as the two above | ||||||
| described. None of the square figures have been opened consequently no description | ||||||
| can be given of the interior. | ||||||
| J. Doherty Lance Corporal Royal Engineers | ||||||
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Transcribed by TH
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