BARROW-DIGGING AT MARTtKSTOWK. 27 



manufacture of the implement) have spoilt the appearance of 

 this face. Found at a depth of 2-3 feet in chalk rubble. 



6. Thin scraper of a slaty-coloured flint. Depth 2 feet in 

 mould. 



7. Circular scraper of bluish-white flint, chipped all round 

 the edges. Depth 2-2 feet in chalk rubble. 



8. Long, worked flake, with longitudinal dorsal ridge. 

 Depth 2 feet. 



9. Two flint scrapers, one of circular form ; the other of a 

 dark slaty-colour, and of duck-bill- form. Depth i '4 foot. 



10. Thin flint scraper (Plate VI.), of light-brownish colour 

 and horse-shoe shape ; the bevelled edge very finely worked. 

 Depth i '3 foot. 



11. Two scrapers. Depth 1-3 foot. 



12. Thin, well-worked flint scraper (Plate VI.), nearly 

 circular. Depth 1*5 foot. 



13. Flint scraper. Depth n foot. 



14. Flint scraper, with large eraillure on the bulb of 

 percussion. Depth r6 foot. 



15. A large quantity of burnt matter or decayed wood (?). 

 Apparently not a cremated interment. 



1 6. Small, thick, flint scraper, with semi-circular bevelled 

 edge. 



17. Fragment of British pottery, without quartz grains, black 

 on inside, red on exterior ; ornamented by three parallel rows of 

 indented bands. 



1 8. A flat, thin, flint knife of somewhat ovate form 

 (Plate VI.); the crescentic cutting-edge, rather bluntly-bevelled 

 by grinding from both faces. On the opposite side is a deep 

 notch, chipped probably for arrow-shafting ; both faces of the 

 implement present excellent examples of conchoidal fracture, 

 and it has every appearance of being in continuous use for a 

 long period. It was picked up on the surface of the barrow. 



ig. Flake, with a slightly-worked notch, of no particular 

 interest. Flint flakes were plentiful throughout the barrow. A 

 few cores were also found. 



