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"The Barton" Pavement. Cirencester

Nov 14. 1877

Large pavement entirely roofed over, excavated about 30-40 years ago. The surface was damp and puffed up in places into blister like bulges which yielded to pressure as if the tessarae had become too big to lie flat. The pavement looked green from the amount of minute green growth coming up between tessarae, which may cause this bulging. There were also large bulges probably caused by a big tree which had grown in the middle of the pavement.

On the top of the mortar between the tessarae there was a little sand found which has evidently been brought up from below by something

The pavement is in Mr Andersons garden & we could only measure from the level of the gravel walk. The pavement was in one place 1' -0" in another 1' — 7" below the level of this walk.

Hypocaust?