remained, the rest having been destroyed 20 or 30 years previously, although the foundations remained untouched. The walls were 2½ ft. deep and 4 ft. thick, and were built of various-sized ragstones with a 9 in. layer of strong cement in the centre, and two courses of faced ragstones at the top, which stood above ground. Above this the walls stood some 3 ft. to 5 ft. high and were 3½ ft. thick, with an off-set of 6 in. running round the whole building.  Much building debris was found about the tower which, judging from the depth of the foundations, must have been of a fair height. Apparently it faced south-west although this was its, shortest side, for here, close to the building, was found a small terra-cotta ‘altar-shaped‘ tablet fallen from the wall. The building had been covered externally with pink cement painted yellow and inscribed with illegible characters in blue with a Greek pattern above it. The whole, how-ever, was much defaced. On the floor of the building were large masses of stalagmite. The contents of this tomb had been rifled when part of it was destroyed; a large globular glass vessel and some potsherds were, however, preserved. (2) The tomb was of similar construction to the first, except that it was circular. It was about 10o ft. from the south-west wall and half-way between the north-west and south-east walls. The north-east part of this building had also been destroyed. Its diameter. inside measured 5 ft. The foundations, 2 ft. deep and 3 ft. wide, were built of various-sized ragstones laid in fine mortar. There were two courses of hammered ragstone 6 ft. to 10 ft. long by 3 in. to 4 in. wide and 1 ft. above ground. The outside surface of this wall had been covered with a coat of pink cement an inch thick.  Above it the wall was 2 ft. 9 in. thick with an offset of 3 in. The whole of the inside of the walls had been grouted. On the outside they had been covered with cement and stucco painted in a brown and yellow pattern, 2 ft. wide, running round the building. Above this were engaged columns and pilasters painted red, with small square bases painted blue, while the groundwork of this upper part of the building had been light. green. Much building debris was noted; including stones, cement, stucco and flanged roofing tiles, the semi-circular ones being filled with mortar. Inside the building the skeleton of a young child was dug out. (3) The third discovery was a cist about 7 ft. west of the circular tomb. Its wails were built of ragstone about 1 ft. square, set in regular courses in mortar; it measured 3 ft. 2 in. long and 3 ft. wide, and about 2 ft. deep. It had been filled in with earth and covered with ragstone regularly laid in a dome shape without mortar. The tomb contained a large square glass vessel with bones and ashes, a small glass vessel with a handle, and 3 small globular glass vessels with handles and lips, but crushed to fragments, a small bronze vessel with a handle, much corroded, a metal vessel apparently of lead and silver, but all in fragments, and an iron lamp with rod and hook. (4) About 16 ft. north of this cist was another similar, 3 ft. 8 in. long, 3 ft. wide, and 2 ft. deep, of the same construction, but covered with ‘many cartloads’ of Kentish ragstone in large pieces. It contained a large square glass bottle with bones and ashes, fragments of a small yellowish glass cup, 2 small glass bottles with long necks and handles, a green glass patera 6½ in. wide; an iron lamp with rod and hook, and a boar’s tusk and jaw bone. (5) About 12 ft. north of this again and quite close to the north—west wall, was a large coarse brown urn containing burnt bones and filled in with hard cement and with it a small earthen vessel and a coarse earthen patera. (6) About 7 ft. from the south corner of the square tomb and 6 ft. deep was a large red unglazed amphora, 2 ft. high, with the neck and handles broken off, covered with 2 tiles about 9 in. square, one on the top of the other, containing (a) a large square glass vessel with a reeded handle, 11¼ in. high, containing burnt bones and ashes; (b, c) two bronze jugs, one with two handles, 8½ in. high, the other with one handle, 7 in. high, to which some coarse material still adhered; (d) a red unglazed ‘libation’ vessel, (e) fragments of an iron lamp, and (f) a small glass vessel. Above the amphora were many large ragstones, pieces of cement and a large piece of Headcorn or Petworth marble. (7) About 4 ft. south-east of this burial was a similar amphora with its neck and handles broken off and covered with a large tile, 2 ft. square, inside it were (a) a large globular-shaped green glass bowl, 9½ in. high and 36¾ in. at its widest circumference, containing burnt bones and ashes and had been smashed; (b) an iron lamp with rod and a hook pointed at the end of it; (c and d) two earthen bottles with handles, one light red and powdered with some metallic ornament; (e) a small brown earthen vessel. (8) Between the circular tomb and the south-west wall a red unglazed bottle with a handle was found and beneath it was a dark unglazed urn containing bones and ashes, standing in a Samian patera. Remains of the funeral fires occurred to the north-east of the cemetery. Charcoal, burnt bones, ashes and potsherds, some of Castor ware, ornamented with hunting scenes, occurred about 12 ft. north of the square tomb. But almost all the north-eastern half of this cemetery had never been disturbed or used at all. It would seem that the inhabitants of the neighbourhood who were buried in the cemetery were few but wealthy, if not ostentatious.
   The remains of only two buildings have been found and recorded in the neighbourhood, one about ¾ mile north-west, near St. Philip’s church, Maidstone (q.v. p. 99), apparently part