90 EXCAVATIONS AT MAUMBURY RINGS. 



SHORT REPORT 

 ON THE EXCAVATIONS OF 1913. 



By H. ST. GEORGE GRAY. 



BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES ACCOMPANYING THIS 

 REPORT : 



PLATE I. Sketch-plan of Maumbury Rings, similar to that given 

 in the former Reports, the position of the 1913 excavations (Cuttings 

 XXX. to XXXV. inclusive and two narrow cuttings parallel to the 

 transverse axis) having been added. It shows the relative position of 

 the cuttings made in 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, and 1913, but the scale 

 is too small to attempt to show structural details. The position of 

 the Well is seen in Cutting XXXIII., and Shafts XII. to XVII. on the 

 E. side of the central area. It should be noted that a dotted circle, 

 passing through the middle of the shafts, and having a diameter of 

 169ft., has been described on this plan. 



PLATE II. General view of Maumbury Rings (September 24th), 

 taken from the top of the Great Bank, looking S.S.E., and showing 

 the excavations of 1913 in progress. The W. terrace is seen in the 

 foreground, and on the opposite side the whole length of the E. terrace. 

 The planks and windlass represent the position of the Well (Cutting 

 XXXIII.). On the left the excavation of Cutting XXXI. is in 

 progress ; and further south Cutting XXX., the largest excavation 

 made during the whole of the investigations, including the digging 

 into the Great Bank. The photograph shows the horizontal 

 stratification of the material forming the Civil War Terrace, the solid 

 chalk arena wall (with strut-holes on the top), and the oblong enclosure 

 recessed into the " wall." 



PLATE III., FIG. A. Cutting XXXIII., the Well, taken from the 

 N., September 17th, 1913. The spade rests on the solid chalk arena 



