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which had been cut through subsequently for the purpose of sinking 

 the well (4ft. in diam.). This view shows the steps, or foot-holds, 

 cut into the S.S.E. face of the Well ; there were thirteen steps on each 

 side. The Well was apparently never completed, the bottom being 

 reached at a depth of 27ft. below the surface of the turf. Owing to 

 previous mutilation of the solid chalk the mouth of the Well was 

 " steaned " with Purbeck stone slabs on the X.W. 



PLATE III., FIG. B. Cutting XXX., taken from the slope of the 

 Terrace, looking S.W. (September 24th, 1913). The view clearly 

 shows the upper margin of the mouths of Shafts XII., XIII., XIV. 

 and XV. (counting from the S. end). On the right the solid chalk 

 arena-floor is seen, and on the left part of the platform of the enclosure 

 which was about l-5ft. lower than the arena-floor. The Inner and 

 Outer Trenches are seen in section at the S. end, and in the foreground 

 part of the Outer Trench cut into the solid chalk at the foot of the 

 " wall." 



PLATE IV. Cutting XXX., on the E.S.E. side of the Rings, taken 

 from the N.W. on October 2nd, 1913, at the close of the excavations, 

 and after the whole of the solid chalk in the cutting had been laid bare. 

 The upper figure stands on the solid chalk below the Great Bank ; 

 and the lower figure on the platform of the enclosure recessed into the 

 arena-wall. Along both sides of this area post-holes are seen, and at 

 the S. end a recess in the wall. Strut-holes can be traced on the top 

 of the wall on both sides of the photograph, and in the foreground 

 the extreme E. margin of the line of shafts. The old turf line under 

 the Great Bank is clearly defined ; also the oblique seams of rubble 

 forming the earthwork, and the horizontal stratification of the Civil 

 War Terrace. 



PLATE V. Cutting XXXII., outside the Great Bank on the N.N.W., 

 October 3rd, 1913. This view, taken from the N.N.W., shows the 

 stratification of the seams forming the earthwork. The old turf line, 

 at a max. depth of 15ft. below the crest, is clearly defined, and below 

 it the natural solid chalk is seen. The large lumps of chalk in the 

 foreground (left-hand side) were obtained from the earthwork. At 

 the foot of the bank a trench, apparently of modern construction, is 

 shown re-excavated, and the nature of its loose filling is seen on the 

 face of the cutting. 



