A SUPPOSED NEOLITHIC SETTLEMENT. 



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preservation. Beyond the pointed stakes, 

 the spear, and wedges, no other wooden 

 instruments have been discovered ; but the 

 tree stems deprived of their roots, the 

 larger branches deprived of twigs, and the 

 twigs cut into short pieces from 2 to 5 or 6 

 inches were dug out all along the line of the 

 dwellings in large quantities and returned 

 for filling in the pits. 



Fig. 15. An im- 

 plement of maple 

 wood from Skitts 

 Hill. One-ninth full 

 size. 



Pottery. 



[The only pottery which has been 

 definitely recorded as coming from the 

 relic-bed are some fragments of thick 

 grey ware. The portion of the base which 

 is represented in Fig. 16, is rough and 

 coarsely made, but cannot with certainty be 

 said to be hand-made. The other fragments 

 appear to belong to the same vessel, but 

 bear evident marks of being wheel turned. 



Of the unrecorded pottery there is one 

 fragment which appears to be of the 

 Bronze-age quality, red and apparently hand- 

 made, but not ornamented. All the other 

 fragments are the ordinary Late Celtic or 

 Romano- British specimens. Some of these 

 are supposed to have come from the relic 

 bed, but as an exact record has not been 

 kept they cannot be included. — F.W.R.] 



Roman Pottery. — This occurred in 

 the higher level (No. TV. on Section, p. 98) 

 from a depth of ift. 6in. to 4ft. 6in. from 

 the surface. It consists of earthenware, 

 perfectly burnt, and similar to that found 

 commonly in places of Roman occupation. 

 It is all in a very scrappy state, as if 

 broken and thrown away as refuse. Flue 

 and roof tiles, the former with striations 

 for holding mortar, the latter with flanges for 

 the overlapping tile. 



