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counter, circa 1550 (No. 266), the obverse inscribed " Hans 

 Schulter," the reverse inscription blundered. On the old turf 

 line below the terrace material the following were found : 

 A small metal pin (No. 259), an iron knife (No. 257), and a 

 well-worn bronze bell, or crotal (No. 256), of a form known 

 to date from Elizabethan times. Of greater interest was 

 the Harrington farthing (No. 258) of Charles I. (the earlier 

 issue) found in the same position, namely, the level at which 

 the threepence of Elizabeth, 1564 (No. 192), was discovered 

 in 1910. 



Mixed with the rubble towards the base of the terrace 

 was found a ring-bead (No. 273) of lemon-coloured glass 

 partly encompassed by the remains of a bronze link for 

 suspension (Fig. 2). As it is of Late-Celtic character it was 

 evidently not in its original position. The type is not 

 uncommon in the Lake- villages of Somerset. Two large 

 and six small ring-beads of light amber-coloured glass (one 

 is of lemon shade) were found at Belbury Camp.* 



The next stage in the operations was to clear the N.N.E. 

 end of the recess and platform, which, judging from the relics 

 found in 1910, were cut out of the solid chalk during the 

 Roman period ; and it will be interesting to know if a similar 

 enclosure exists below the terrace on the opposite, or E.S.E., 

 side of the arena. It was to be regretted that the whole of 

 this area on the W. could not be excavated at one and the 

 same time (Plate IV., 1910 Report). But the drawings 

 clearly show that the enclosure, as far as the cut chalk is 

 concerned, was not rectangular but an irregular oblong ; 

 neither was it centrally placed when considered in connection 

 with the central transverse axis of Maumbury. The enclosure 

 was bounded by chalk walls, except on the side open to the 

 arena, and at both ends there were trenches dug to receive 

 large vertical wooden posts. Measured at the foot of the 



* Exhibited in the Dorset County Museum ; Archaeologia, XL VIII., 

 PL vi., 10. 



