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recovered from among the stones overlying the log floor, and at 

 a depth of not less than three feet six inches below the turf of 

 the centre plat. Food refuse is plentiful, such as bones of 

 animals and birds, which, however, having been burnt, are, except 

 a few, indistinguishable. Of the latter are teeth of the ox. a 

 boar's tusk, bone of a bird, and a fragment of deer's horn. There 

 is also a piece of the jaw of a rodent not much larger than a rat. 

 Shells of hazel nuts are foimd. Charcoal is abundant, although 

 no hearth has yet been discovered. 



Pottery is the predominant article of the relics. Over 170 

 fragments were found, mostly very small, but showing variety of 

 material, make, and form of vessel. It consists of blue, red, and 

 black metal, almost all wheel made, and, with the exception of a 

 few pieces, it is glazed chiefly with a greenish or yellowish green 

 glaze. Brownish glaze and brownish green glaze are also found. 

 Several pieces are roughened by pounded grit cemented on them 

 by the glaze. Pieces belonging to several vessels are marked 

 with herring-bone ornamentation, others with vertical projecting 

 ribs and oblique parallel lines, and another form of ornamentation 

 consists of a row of thumb marks round the exterior margin of 

 the bottom of the vessel. 



There are fragments representing 13 handles of jars and 

 other vessels, also several spouts, one being of tubular form. 



Some of the jars in addition to the large carrying handles at 

 the back have been furnished with smaller supplementary handles 

 in front of each side of the spout for the purpose of tilting the 

 vessel to a convenient angle to drink from. 



A variety of other objects were obtained, such as a piece of 

 red pigment, probably haematite, three small pieces of sheet lead, 

 some nondescript iron, a large nail, part of the blade of a large 

 knife curving inwards, much rusted, a leaden spindle whorl, a 

 small ring or link of bronze or brass, two fragments of a circular 

 vessel of red sandstone, widening upwards, the bottom flat. The 

 side is 1| inch thick; the vessel is of fine workmanship, smooth 

 inside and dressed with a sharp point outside. From below the 

 log floor was recovered a small splinter of oak neatly wrapped 

 about with a narrow ligament of skin, probably a fragment of a 

 basket. 



The most impressive and almost unique relic, however, is a 

 small and imperfect pendant cross of jet or a material resembling 



