Considerable excavations having been lately made in a field called Cheshunt Field, nearly opposite to Mr. Woodward’s house, on the Maldon road from Colchester, and a quarter of a mile from the Leather Bottle, in Laden parish, the foundations of a building, supposed to be a Roman villa, have been laid bare: the extent is of such magnitude, that it is questioned if the remains of any Roman villa in this kingdom are of equal extent. Numerous coins have been thrown up during the excavations: amongst these a “Titus,” 2d., brass— reverse, “Judea Capta;” “Helena,” 3d., brass; and a “Caransius,” 3rl., brass, in fine preservation, struck upon the treaty made by that usurper with Diocletianus and Maximiamus. The fragments thrown up are mostly of Roman antiquity.—Ipswich Express.
The Illustrated London News, London, England, Week Ending September 17, 1842
