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Oliver's Cmii'p, Devizes. 



were 4f fc. apart and similar in character to that at Section A. The 

 smaller of the two was 14in. in diameter and scarcely extended 

 into the chalk below the old soil. It was full of charcoal amongst 

 which were a few splinters of flint. The larger hearth had a 

 diameter of 2ft. and was hollowed out to a depth of 1ft. in the 

 chalk below the old soil. Whether the hollow was made on purpose 

 to hold the fire, or was merely the result of continuous fires on the 

 same spot, destroying the soil and gradually forming a hollow, is 

 uncertain. The charcoal was carefully sifted and seven small 

 sherds of coarse reddish pottery, some burnt flints, and one small 

 splinter of bone were found. Several small sherds of similar 

 pottery, some twenty flint flakes, and other rough pieces of flint, 

 and two fragments of bone, were scattered round about the hearth. 

 Mr. H. St. George Gray, who kindly identified this pottery, des- 

 cribes it as " Coarse British pottery containing large grains of 

 quartz of Bronze Age type, but found occasionally in later periods." 



Section C. — 6ft. wide through Rampart and Ditch. 



Fig. 7. Section C, through Rampart aud Ditch. 



A. Undisturbed Chalk. 

 E. Surface soil. 



B. Chalk forming Rampart. 

 D. Ancient Turf lines. 



G. Filling-in. 



C. Silt. 



Height of rampart, 6ft. The most interesting feature in the 



