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Flint.—No weapon of flint or other material was discovered in 
the course of the excavation, but one small fragment of flint was 
found, which looks like a splinter, which might have been knocked 
off in making an implement. 
Burnt Pottery, Earth, Stones and Charcoal.—All through the 
infilling there occured fragments of pottery earth or clay burnt 
red, rocks of various kinds bearing marks of fire, some of which 
do not belong to the locality in which they are found, and inter- 
spersed throughout the mass were fragments of charcoal, specimens. 
of all these being submitted for examination. . 
Iron Nail.—The only metal found in the pit was a fragment of 
iron, thickly coated with rust, which may have been a nail ; but 
it is just possible it may have occurred near the surface, and that 
it may not be of the same antiquity as the rest, although there 
would be nothing inconsistent in its being found amongst such 
surroundings. 
Bones and Teeth—The bones, which are not very numerous 
altogether, were found in a more or less fragmentary state, and 
were still further damaged by the finders, but in the opinion of 
Professor Boyd Dawkins, who has kindly examined them, some 
of them at least are the bones of Red Deer, and the teeth he has 
pronounced to be those of the Sheep or the Goat. Mr. Arthur 
Bulleid has also detected on some of them marks of having been 
gnawed by other animals. 
Snail Shells.—Interspersed throughout the infilling were innum- 
erable snail shells, mostly of one species, of which a few specimens 
are now submitted in an excellent state of preservation, considering 
how fragile they are, their pure white colour shewing no marks 
of fire. Their presence throughout the infilling is all the more 
striking by contrast with their total absence from the adjoining 
strata, and their good preservation and white colour would go to 
prove, either that the burnt earth and rocks must have been 
exposed to fire before they were thrown into the pit, or that the 
snails must afterwards have found their way down amongst the 
loose materials forming the deposit. 
