Domitian (Type, Fortunae Augusti), struck during the eleventh consulship of the Emperor, A.D 85.
Cleared out 14 March, 1910.
PIT LXXX. Diameter at surface 3 feet; at bottom 3 feet. Depth 12 feet. This was a built well. The lining of cobble stones with occasional pieces of red sandstone remained in good condition for a depth of 10 feet. The bottom was paved with red sandstone.
Finds. Several red deer antlers; an iron ring; a fragment of the bottom of a cup (Type, Dragendorff 33) with stamp BELINICI·M. impressed retrograde. An urn of bluish grey ware (Plate XLIX. (B), Fig. 7); a small ring fibula of brass.
Cleared out 19 March, 1910.
PIT LXXXI. Diameter at surface 9 feet. Into this pit had been inserted a framework of timber measuring 3 feet 6 inches by 3 feet, and 9 feet in depth. For a depth of 3 feet from the surface the woodwork was surrounded by finely puddled yellow clay; below it lay cobble stones.
Finds. Some fragments of pottery in which the late black cooking pot predominated (Plate XLVIII., Type 48); a small piece of a late bowl (Type, Dragendorff 37); a fragment of a mortarium rim with a double palm branch stamped upon it.
Cleared out 23 March, 1910.
PIT LXXXII. Diameter at surface 3 feet; at bottom 2 feet. Depth 15 feet. This was a built well. The lining of cobbles remained for a depth of 11 feet. There was no paving in the bottom.
Finds. Some late black pottery; a fragment of Terra Sigillata with 'free figure' design. The neck of a small jug (Fig. 33, page 262, No.13); the spoke of a wheel, and a number of soles of shoes.
Cleared out 24 March, 1910.
PIT LXXXIII. Diameter at surface 8 feet; at bottom 4 feet. Depth 17 feet.
Finds. At 6 feet, in the black deposit lay an altar dedicated to Apollo (Plate XVII., Fig. 2); near it, its base. On a level with the altar were found two fragments of Terra Sigillata (Type, Dragendorff 37), one of which belongs to a bowl decorated with a 'free figure' design; also a piece of an urn of grey ware resembling in quality one found in Pit LXXX. Beneath the altar the black deposit was very full of brushwood. At the bottom some fragments of an iron shield-boss and nails.
Cleared out 25 March, 1910.
PIT LXXXIV. Diameter at surface 7 feet; at bottom 3 feet. Depth 13 feet. No finds.
Cleared out 31 March, 1910.
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