122 Tke Mint Implements of Bemerton and MU/ord Hill. 



At Bemerfon and district, up to the present time^ implements 

 have been found, and are distributed as follows : — 



In the Blackmore Museum ... ... 39 



In the possession of Mr. James Brown ... 6 



In the possession of the writer ... ... 4 



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Of the above, two were obtained in digging the Fisherton reser- 

 voir, five at Highfield, five in Mr. Charles Finch's field, three in 

 the Fisherton brick earth (two of the latter being Neolithic), and 

 the remainder from the gravel pit on Plan I. 



If a knowledge of the organic and other remains found associated 

 with these implements be desired, I cannot but refer my readers to 

 the excellent paper on this subject by Dr. H, P. Blackmore, in the 

 Wilts Archceological Magazine, vol. x., p. 221. 



Finally, it seems right that a short account of this interesting 

 discovery, its development and locality, should find a permanent 

 depository ; and the writer regrets that some abler hand than his 

 own has not been induced to prepare it, but from the rapid addition 

 to the buildings, and the alterations of the ground, the knowledge 

 of what is herein very imperfectly recorded was in danger of being 

 lost entirely. 



C. J. Read. 

 Salisbury, September 2bth, 1878. 



Note. — Since the above was written there has been a large 

 increase of finds from the Fowler estate. Manor Road, and Stratford 

 Road, now belonging to the Blackmore Museum, Mr. James Brown, 

 and myself, and amounting to one hundred and forty-eight specimens. 



The scarcity of the oval pattern should be remarked, as also 

 that, out of the total number, only six specimens have been made 

 from chert. 



