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EXCAVATIONS AT MAUMBURY RINGS. 



2'4ft., and two fragments of ornamented Romano-British 

 pottery, No. 204, depth 3'8ft. The most interesting dis- 

 covery, however, was a contracted human skeleton found 

 lying on its left side close against the rock-chalk wall (the 

 left patella actually touching the wall). The accompanying 

 sketch, Fig. 1, gives a good idea of its position The inter- 

 ment was not placed in a cut grave in the solid chalk, neither 



Fio. 1. Contracted Human Skeleton, having a Romano-British Pot nonr 

 the right hand. Found in Cutting XVIII., N. Entrance. 



(From a Sketch by the Rev. C. W. Whistler.) 



did the skeleton rest upon the solid floor, which was reached at 

 an average depth of 6" 25ft. below the surface ; it rested on 

 loose silting about a foot above the Roman entrance-way. 

 The head, which faced W.N.W., was to the south, the feet to 

 the N. The skeleton was in sequence with the knees greatly 

 flexed ; the trunk rested on its back, inclining slightly to the 



