and amongst the burnt debriswere pieces of clay parget, baked into brick. On the front hadbeen impressed a herringbone pattern from a wooden stamp ;and on the back were the marks of wattlework. The inferenceis clear enough. Some portion of the house—probably theupper storey—had been of timber… … Fig. 75.—Roman Carpenters Xails. (J.) wattle-and-daub has usually been replaced by brickwork.That this was not exceptional at Silchester is proved by thefrequent presence of a layer of pasty clay overlying the floors ofthe houses, which had long puzzled the explorers. The impressof wattles or laths…
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