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pottery ; one small sherd of red Romano- 

 British pottery. 

 In the 4th foot below the turf :— Five flint flakes ; one small sherd 

 of Romano-British pottery ; one sherd of 

 Samian ware. 

 5th „ ditto :— Several flint chips and one rather poor ex- 

 ample of a round flint scraper. 

 6th „ ditto :— A sarsen muller ; a piece of rough sarsen ; 

 several flint chips; and one good round 

 scraper ; a flat piece of sandstone identical 

 in character with the sharpener described 

 above ; two sheep's teeth ; some much de- 

 cayed bone, including a part of a shoulder, 

 probably that of an ox — these bones lay 

 among a considerable quantity of charcoal ; 

 a fragment of iron that may have been a 

 part of a blade of a knife, lin. x fin. ; five 

 sherds of grey and some twenty sherds of 

 fine thin red Romano-British pottery ; one 

 small sherd of Samian ware ; numerous 

 snail shells. 

 9 th „ ditto :— Fragment of thin bronze, |in. x fin. ; small 

 lump of iron sandstone a little less than 

 an ounce in weight — it is identical in 

 character with the pieces of sandstone 

 found in the two hearth sites. 



Section D.— Through Rampart only, 4ft. wide. 

 Height of rampart, 5ft. 9in. As explained under Section A. 

 this section was made in order to see if it would afford any evidence 

 of the rampart having been built at different dates. The appear- 

 ance of the rampart was perfectly regular and showed no sign of 

 ever having been added to ; the old surface line was well defined. 

 The only feature of interest was a basin-shaped hole 1ft. Sin. in 

 diameter and 18in. in depth, below the old surface line, directly 

 under the crest of the rampart. No charcoal or decayed wood 



