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XXX.—Some Account of the Roman Villa, and the Discoveries made on the Borough Hill, the ancient Bennavenna, by Beriah Botfield Esq., F.R.S. and F.S.A., of Norton Hall; with Illustrations and a Map of the Vicinity by Mr. Edward Pretty, of Northampton

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Beriah Botfield Esq.
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Borough Hill, near Daventry, has by most antiquaries been considered the Station Bennavenna, or Benaventa, of the Itinerary of Antoninus. Bridges and Baker, the historians of Northamptonshire, hare given so full an account of this place, and so satisfactorily decided the question as to the real site of the Station, that I need only record the researches recently made in continuation of the exploration of 1823, and hazard some conjectures as to points not clearly elucidated by former authors, relative to objects of antiquarian interest in connexion with this station.

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Archaeologia , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , 1854 , pp. 383 - 395
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1854

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page 384 note a In this place some pieces of pewter and lead were found.

page 385 note a A drawing of the scroll is given from a fragment in the possession of Mr. Blundell at Daventry.

page 386 note a See Drawing A, No. 3, fig. 1.

page 386 note b A restored plan of this pavement is given in C. Roach Smith's Collectanea, vol. i. p, 113.

page 386 note c See Drawing A, No. 3, fig. 1, full size.

page 386 note d See Sketches No. II. fig. a, and No. III. fig. a, for the flue-tiles.

page 386 note e See Sketch No. IV.

page 387 note a See Bruce's Roman Wall, 1st Edition, pp. 122 and 123, for an interesting description of the properties of concrete.

page 387 note b See Drawing No. I. figs. 2, 3, and 4.

page 387 note c Vide Baker's Northamptonshire.

page 388 note a See Sketch No. V.

page 388 note b A similar irregularity occurs in one of the rooms in the Roman Villa at Withington, Gloucestershire: see Archæologia, vol. xviii. p. 118.

page 388 note c Specimens are given in the drawings.

page 388 note d See Archæologia, vol. xviii. p. 118, for the same use of clay.

page 388 note e See Drawing G.

page 389 note a See Drawing A, fig. 2.

page 389 note b Some of these implements are figured in Mr. Neville's interesting and valuable work entitled Saxon Obsequies.

page 389 note c Outline, fig. 1.

page 389 note d See Nenia Britannica, p. 82, and pl. 20.

page 389 note e See the Journal of the British Archæological Association, vol. viii. p. 162.

page 390 note a See Journal of the British Archæological Association, vol. vi. pl. vii.

page 391 note a All the objects discovered in these researches have been deposited in the British Museum; and the drawings referred to in this paper have been placed in the Library of the Society of Antiquaries in London.

page 395 note a At the Delf