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So far as the examination has gone no trace of human remains 
has been met with, nor any evidence of animals which are now 
extinct. There are a few partly burned bones, but they appear 
to be those of domestic animals and to afford no evidence of 
cremation. Some of the bones bear marks of gnawing, possibly 
by the dogs whose teeth have been found in the same deposit, 
and a large number seem to have been split open longitudinally 
to get out the marrow. 
Concluding Remarks :—In considering the probable age of the 
remains discovered in the Kilmersdon Lane Quarry, it would 
- appear to the writer that they may possibly belong to a somewhat 
Jater date than those previously discovered at Tyning Quarry, 
which have been considered by Professor Boyd Dawkins to 
belong to the pre-historic Iron-age, and by Mr. Arthur Bulleid to 
have been contemporary with the remains in the Glastonbury 
Lake village. 
The total absence of Samian, and the very primitive character 
of the other pottery found at Tyning would appear to point to 
an earlier date than the Kilmersdon Lane deposit, where Samian 
and the finer kinds of pottery are plentiful; while the contents 
generally bear evidence of a more advanced civilisation. It is 
probable, therefore, that the Kilmersdon remains may have been 
contemporary with the Romano British remains found by 
Gen. Pitt Rivers on Cranbourne Chase, with which they appear 
to agree very closely, but it is to be remarked that down to the 
present time no coin of any kind has been met with to aid in 
determining the age of these interesting relics of the past. 
