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1899 THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS II 



Other relics within the area, suggest the possihiHty that 

 the building was destroyed by fire. Since its destruction, 

 an eastern bay, of considerable artistic merit, has i>cen 

 added to the chancel. 



By the time the church had been inspected it was 

 nearly two o'clock, and the members gladly responded to 

 Mr Erskine Pollock's invitation — an invitation entirely 

 unsolicited — to luncheon at Avening Court. The kind- 

 ness of the host and Mrs Pollock was gracefully acknow- 

 ledged by Mr W. Leigh, of Woodchester Park, who was 

 the acting president for the day. 



From Avening the party went towards Minchinhampton, 

 passing the large tumulus at Gatcombe, described by the 

 late Mr G. F. Playne, and in the one chamber of which 

 he found a long-headed skeleton in a sitting position. 

 Near to it is the well-known Long Stone. Minchin- 

 ham[)ton Church, with its monument to Bradley, the 

 celebrated Astronomer-Royal, was hurriedly looked at ; 

 and then a move was made for the Common, where 

 entrenchments, pit-dwellings, and worked flints indicate 

 early occupation by man. Concerning the entrenchments, 

 Mr Northam Witchell read a paper, which will be found 

 in the Proceedings, p. 53. He also exhibited a series of 

 worked flints from the neighbourhood ; while the Hon. 

 Secretary produced and described some other specimens 

 from various localities, the series illustrating the different 

 uses for whicJi the implements were made. 



Four Winter Meetings have been held during the past 

 session, and we have been fortunate in securing an 

 unusual number of jiapers on interesting subjects. They 

 show how much there is to be done by members of the 

 Club, not only in the immediate neighbourhood, but also 

 further a-field. They will be found printed in the Pro- 

 ceedings, so that the first part of our thirteenth volume 

 promises to fully maintain the Club's reputation. 



