On the Excavations at Rotherley, Woodcuts, and Bokerly Dyke. 301 
Between the Roman Road and the first bend of the Mid Drain, the 
ground being cut up in small enclosures by the ditches, appeared to 
be a probable place for the site of habitations. It was, therefore, 
trenched all over, with the result of discovering several pits, and a 
hearth with marks of fire on it. Also a skeleton in a grave 2ft. 9in, 
deep. To the east of the road near this spot a cluster of pits were 
found. Another skeleton was found in a recess in the Cross Drain ; 
it was in a crouched position, and a bronze fibula was found on the 
pelvis. Probably the fibula was used for the same purpose as the 
one found on the hip of a skeleton at Rotherley. Lower down, the 
skeleton of a horse was found, buried in a grave cut across the drain. 
This shows that, although they ate the horse, it was in this instance, 
as also at Rotherley, sometimes buried entire. Further to the south, 
another hearth was found, with marks of fire, and on each side of 
the drain there were traces of habitations, as if the watercourse 
had drained through the houses. The lines of the drains in the 
settlement can only be shown by fine black lines in the annexed 
map, but in my third volume of excavations detailed maps will be 
given. 
Nine bronze fibulz were found in the settlement and in the sections 
of the dyke. They were of the same form as in the other villages, 
but one was more distinctly Roman in character than any of the 
others. Iron cleats, similar to those of the other villages, were 
also found in several places, and two with hobnails at the feet of a 
skeleton. The coins, of which three hundred and eighty-one were 
found in the settlement, tallied with those found in the sections of 
the dyke, and extended from Trajan to Gratian. Of this total number, 
only two hundred and thirty-one could be identified, being in very 
bad condition on account of having lain near the surface, and being 
‘much exposed to moisture. They were occasionally found in batches, 
and it is probable that the Roman workmen must have come upon 
a large batch of them in digging the ditch in front of where 
Section 2 was cut, and that the coins were thrown up into the 
rampart with the soil without any notice having been taken of them. 
No British coins were found in this settlement. The animal remains 
throughout the settlement were the same, and the animals of the 
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