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first one was situated a few yards to the eastwards of the centre, and was 10 feet 

 in diameter. This I propose to call Pit No. 1. At the depth of 1 foot were found 

 two small frai^ments of red pottery, and the base of a vessel of red earthenware, 

 probably of not earlier date than the 16th century. At 2 feet, fragments of red ware 

 and pieces of black pottery — one was a rim of an urn, containing coarse grains of 

 quartz or silex, which was of early date — an iron arrow-head ; a fragment of cor- 

 roded iron ; a piece of a flint flake, or strike-a-light. At 2i feet, a hone stone, and 

 a projectile of pipeclay or limestone of irregular dimensions, and a quartz pebble — 

 the latter was probably used as a sling stone or charm ; — an iron nail 3 inches long ; 

 a fragment of bone ; a terehratula from the Upper Ludlow formation ; a bronze 

 ferrule (?) ; an iron buckle ; a tooth of pig, and other bones not identifiable. 



We found the bottom of this pit at 3 feet 8 inches below the surface. 



Pit 2. -This was a depression in the surface just below the rampart of the 

 citadel, on the east side. The turf was carefully rolled off, and just below was 

 found a piece of sandstone of irregular form with the following inscription engraved 

 thereon : — 



At 2 feet down a piece of iron was found, and a fragment of red pottery. 

 At 2| feet, a red earthenware pot or jug having a brown glaze top with concentric 

 markings round the neck (the handle wanting) ; this must be of about the ICth 

 century. At 3 feet 7 inches, centre of the pit, a molar of pig, and large stones 

 mixed with clay, and a clay projectile 1| inches long by IJ broad and 1 high — 

 weighing Ij oz. ; and at 4 feet, beneath a stone, mixed with charcoal, teeth of pig 

 and a piece of iron. 



On the margin of the pit, at 1 foot from the surface, and 10 feet from the 

 outer edge of the eastern rampart, was a small wall of stones ; the ground im- 

 mediately below it was hard and much discoloured by burning, and contained a 

 quantity of bits of charcoal ; the stones of which the wall was composed bore 

 marks of fire. 



This place might have been used as a fireplace. Alongside of the stones was 

 a thick stake of wood, apparently driven in with the object of keeping the large 

 stones in position. 



This pit was 15 feet long by 9 feet broad, and the bottom was found at 6 feet 

 from the surface. 



Pit 3 was on the south-west side of the citadel, and appeared a well-defined 

 hollow, which was opened without any results being obtained. 



