416 Discoveries near Fonthill. 



already refeiietl to. At a depth of 3ft. large stones appeared in 

 irregular positions, and at 3ft. 9in. the bottom was reached on the 

 south side, while on the north it extended to a depth of 6ft. 9in., 

 where two pieces of ilag-stone lay in a sloping position. On the 

 soutli side the broken head of an oak stake appeared, its pointed 

 end reaching to a depth of 6ft. Gin. 



The pit at A proved to be the most interesting. At a depth of 

 2ft. came a 9in. bed of dark clay containing much charcoal and 

 pottery, including a piece of hard New Forest " slip " ware, the 

 decoration consisting of four arrow tails meeting in the centre. 

 Below this lay greensand mixed with a few stones containing 

 jaw-bones and teeth of the horse, a few pieces of pottery and iron, 

 and two kinds of seeds in large quantities.^ At a depth of 4ft. 

 occurred a coin of an early emperor. After this the pottery ceased 

 entirely, but the seeds and stones increased. Finally at 6ft. 6in., 

 the greater portion of an upper quern stone was found lying at a 

 slight inclination. Tt had a radius of 1ft. O^in. and was pierced 

 througli by a 2in. circular hole in the middle with a semicircular 

 hole I'J-in. away on either hand. These holes, measuring 3iin. 

 long on the diameter or outer side, tapered from a width of 2iin. 

 on the upper to 2in. on the under side, and were apparently 

 provided for two handles standing upright.' The thickiiess of 

 the stone was If in. at the edge, tapering on the under side to l^inj 

 at the centre. No further finds were made, and the bottom wag 

 reached at 7ft. Sin. 



On a suggestion of the Eev. G. H. Engleheart, that the ditches 

 surrounding the field might prove to be coeval with the finds, 

 section was now dug from the pit across the terrace and the deej 

 ditch at the top of the field. Absolutely nothing, however, was 

 found, either in the terrace or the ditch, though the ditch provec 

 to have been originally 10ft. deep. The section was extendec 

 along the bottom of the ditch, but again without result. 



' See Note on p. 424. 



- This quern is now in Salisbury Museum, it is unlike other examples ir 

 Wiltshire Museums. 



