ON SOME DIGGINGS NEAR BRASSINGTON, DERBYSHIRE. I 19 



sion in the natural soil, about 3 ft. across and i ft. deep, and 

 extending in an east-and-vvest direction beyond the sides of our 

 cutting. The filling-in of rubble furnished nothing to indicate 

 its use. At all levels in the rubble were broken and scattered 

 human bones, representing at least six or seven skeletons, but 

 no inference could be made as to what brought them there. 

 Similarly scattered were a few fragments of pottery, most of which 

 were more friable than those of the village site, and of decidedly 

 ruddy tint ; and several teeth of oxen, fragments of stag's horn, &c. 

 More interesting were five or six neatly trimmed flint flakes, one 



Fig. 10. 



Fig. II. 



Fig. 12 (all \). 



larger than the rest (Fig. 11), having signs of wear on its cutting 

 edge. A well finished leaf-shaped arrow head came from the 

 south end, shown full size in Fig. 10 : it is an unusual form. 

 None of these flint implements are burnt, but several, including 

 the latter two, are superficially flecked with white, due probably to 

 the soil. 



Trench B. — A small trench to the west of this presented the 

 same sequence of turf, rubble and marl. Nothing more interest- 

 ing was turned up than a few much-broken bones. 



Trench C. — A spot towards the south side was more promising, 

 in that it consisted of stones rudely laid in courses : but a foot 

 further to the south they gave place to rubble again. Here we 

 found the natural soil at a depth of 2 feet, and the stony part 



