232 EXCAVATIONS AT MAUMBUEY RINGS. 



SHORT REPORT 

 ON THE EXCAVATIONS OF 1910. 



By H. ST. GEORGE GRAY. 



BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES ACCOMPANYING 

 THIS REPORT : 



PLATE I. Sketch-plan of Maumbury Rings, based on the plan made by 

 Mr. J. Feacey previously to the excavations. It is intended to show the 

 relative position of the cuttings made from 1908 to 1910, but the scale is too 

 small to attempt to show any of the structural details. 



PLATE II. Cutting XIX., N. Entrance, September 15th, 1910. Photograph 

 taken from the N.N.E., showing the silting of the seventeenth century trench 

 in section, with its solid chalk floor rising in a southerly direction. The 

 levelling-rod (depth G'5ft. below the surface) rests on the floor of the Roman 

 entrance way, which gradually rises in a northerly direction ; the dividing- 

 wall, also of Roman dat?, is seen to diminish in height towards the north. 



PLATE III. Cutting XII. Extension, September 19th, 1910. Photograph 

 taken from the slope of the terrace on the W.S.W., showing (1) a series of 

 the quadrangular post-holes at the base of the arena-wall ; (2) the position 

 of six strut -holes on the top of the wall ; (3) the slope of the terrace on the left- 

 hand side; (4) the "gangway" between the arena-wall and the "inner 

 trench " ; (5) the solid arena-floor, and its junction with (6) the prehistoric 

 shaft, No. IV., partly re-excavated right-hand side of the photograph ; (7) 

 " the inner trench," between the " gangway " and the shaft, seen in 

 diminishing proportions as far westwards as its outline is represented by 

 solid chalk. The rod is extended to a height of 9'5ft. 



PLATE IV. Cutting XX., September 21st, 1910. Photograph of the cutting, 

 taken from the top of the highest part of the western terrace, looking S.S.E., 

 giving a general view of the structural features revealed. The solid chalk 

 wall covers a large part of the right-hand side of the photograph, its end 

 representing the S.S.W. boundary of the quadrangular enclosure. In the 

 foreground, a part of the flat platform is recessed into the wall. Between the 

 wall and platform and the " gangway " the upper margins of three pre- 

 historic shafts, Nos. V., VI., and VII., are seen ; and beyond, the " inner 

 trench," the arena-floor, and the group of stones found just above the floor 

 level. Owing to the necessary tilt of the camera, the view is somewhat distorted. 



