52 PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 1904 
pottery, and from the end of it one of us obtained a block 
of stone, with a basin-cavity in one end, several quartzite 
grinders, and pieces of worked sandstone. As far as we 
can ascertain, there was no burnt material in the bottom 
of this pit. 
TYPE II. (a.) Scattered around these pits were a num- 
ber of small ones—twenty of which have been observed. 
These were excavated only to a depth of about one foot 
six inches in the gravel, and were one foot in diameter. 
Some of the smaller of these pits were half-full of clay, 
which must have been placed there, for the nearest ex- 
posure of that deposit zz sz¢z is at least fifty yards distant. 
(b) At various stages of the quarrying other pits were 
exposed, varying from eighteen inches to two feet six 
inches in diameter, and from two to three feet in depth. 
The contents vary, but @// contained burnt wood and 
bones, clay, pottery, and a greasy material like adipocere. 
In some cases the pits were full of these materials, in 
others the upper part consisted of gravel. 
TyPE III. These were shallow pits or depressions 
into which débris had been washed. They were about 
six or seven feet in diameter, and their greatest depth 
was two feet. No less than six or seven of these pits 
have been noted, and the measurements in each case 
were somewhat alike. No carbonised wood was found in 
the bottom, and the pits had no artificial lining. 
Many interesting objects have been found, those of 
stone largely preponderating. 
STONE. (1) A large block of oolite with a basin-shaped 
cavity, which, however, was not worn evenly all round. 
The size of the stone is as follows :—Height one foot six 
inches, width twelve inches, and length ten inches. The 
basin is three inches deep, and has a diameter of six and a 
half inches. This stone may have been used either for 
separating the husks from barley by beating; or for 
