ROMAN RELICS IN LONDON

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18757, 10 January 1923, Page 6

ROMAN RELICS IN LONDON

VERY FEW REMAIN. Unless someone steps in to save the old Roman spring plunge-bath in Strand lane from falling into unknown hands, one of the last relics of Roman London which still stands on its original site may shortly disappear, for the freehold is for sale, and the site, within a few -doors of the Strand, may be considered of commercial value (says a Loudon paper). . Very few relics of Roman London remain with us. Fragments of the Roman wall can still be seen in various, parts of the city. A tesselated pavement taken from the site of East India House, and the head of a statue of the Emperor Hadrian, found in the Thames, are at the British Museum. The Roman boat which had been lying for centuries in the mud of the river until it was discovered during Ihe work of excavation for the new county hall, is preserved in the London Museum; and there, too, besides a greet deal of pottery and other relics of the period, ore great wine jars from Mansell street, Lombard street, and Old Broad street; several sculptures: and a small marble tombstone with a relief representing a boy standing before a seated woman, which was found on pulling down a house in Drury lane. The stone has ah inscription which, translated, reads, “Dexios, son of: Didiraus, Excellent, Farewell!”