266 



Notes, Arclmological and Historical. 



£ s. d. 



A general account of the damage sustained in the buildings, 

 surveyed, valued, and attested by Robert Powell, of Marsh- 

 field, Robert Hulbert, of Pickwick, and Daniel Davis, of 

 Colerne ... ... ... ... ... 2911 9 2 



Goods and chattels ... ... ... ... 1334 17 c 



£4246 6 61 



The house and stock of Thomas Southwood were insured at £300, which is 

 the only insurance included in the estimate. 



[Note.— On the east end of Charterhouse Farm-house, at Colerne (lately 

 purchased by J. Walmsley, Esq.), are still to be seen traces of the fire, as also on 

 the cottage near. 



P. PlWCHIN. 



Examination of the Pits on Martinsell Hill, 



AND THE adjoining BaRROW, 



By Colonel T. Dunn and B. Howabd Cunninqton, F.S.A. Scot. 



In the autumn of 1894 we made sundry excavations in the so-called pit- 

 dwellings on the eastern side of Martinsell Hill. Though we opened three or 

 four of these excavations no remains of ancient habitation of any description 

 were found. The local tradition that they are " soldiers' graves " and that the 

 mounds cover the remains of some noble warrior has nothing to justify it, as we 

 dug into two or three of these mounds but found that they consist of the ordinary 

 material of the hill (chalk) only. The earth from the excavations being thrown 

 straight to the front there formed rude mounds. 



Mr. William Cunnington examined these pits in 1865, but found no remains 



