| Show RELICS OF OLD LONDON discovery of alie roman wall of the slid dl acen ac en the recent excavations for the new post in st martins le grand says the london times have led to the discovery not only of by far tho perfect picco the roman wall laid hare in recent times but also ot a complete outline of the old town which defended london during the mida dl jt ib difficult to draw for ourselves now a picture of london as a sailed town wash edby a broad moat wall and fosse are now in the very heart ol 01 the county of london not only so but the town has covered them in and grown over them from the present street level to the footings 0 the old roman w aletho i level of the old moat is about eight feet and S half the accumulations of centuries have buried the defenses of the city out of sight and it leeis an owner mord anxious than usual to make the most of ins property to bring to light the hidden history of the place it is curious that the enormous of city land for commercial purposes and the burrowing into the the earth thereby occasioned should adOt the 0 lc don of the roman period and of the middle ages |
