26 fiARROW-DIGGlNG AT MARTlNSTOWN. 



Excavation of the Barrow. As in the case of Barrow i, a 

 cutting was commenced on the south, 6 feet wide, and was 

 extended in a N.N.E. direction * to a distance of 35 feet. Owing 

 to the discovery of graves and various relics as the sketch-plan 

 shows the original 6 feet cutting had to be greatly enlarged on 

 both sides as the work went forward. All the ground within 

 the area of the plan was excavated down to the undisturbed 

 chalk. 



The miscellaneous "finds," apart from the interments, were 

 numbered from i to 20, and consisted for the most part of flint 

 implements, the majority being scrapers. The most important 

 of these relics were two chipped knives with ground and 

 polished cutting-edges, a few beautifully-formed scrapers, and a 

 thick, circular disc of Kimmeridge Shale. 



Detailed Description of the Relics found in the Cutting. 



(All marked in the Plan, Plate VII., and the same numbers are 

 used as Fig. Nos. in Plate VI.) 



1. Circular flint scraper (Plate VI. ), of a light bluish-white 

 colour, translucent, with portion of the outer coating of the 

 flint on the upper surface ; finely chipped all round the bevelled 

 edges ; large and prominent bulb of percussion on the lower 

 surface. Depth i foot. 



2. Long tongue-shaped flint scraper. Depth i foot. 



3. Flint scraper of long horseshoe-shaped variety; fine ogee- 

 curve on bulb side. Depth i foot. 



4. Small circular flint scraper (Plate VI.), with a very short 

 tang. Depth 2^3 feet in chalk rubble. 



5. Portion of a large bluish-white flint knife (Plate VI.); 

 finely-chipped to a crescentic cutting-edge on one face ; on 

 the other the edge has been bevelled by grinding and polish- 

 ing; some deep facets (some more recent than the time of 



* The line of the cutting was not true N. and S., but 31 east of Magnetic 

 North. 



