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388. Discoidal scraper of flint, chipped, of Neolithic type ; 

 diameters 49mm. and 53'5mm. (Illustrated.) Found at the top of 

 the filling of Shaft XIV., in association with Roman remains. 



389. Piece of lathe-turned armlet of Kimmeridge shale. Found 

 0'5ft. above the arena-floor. 



390. Fragment of a handle of a vessel of Romano-British pottery, 

 ornamented with three grooves on the line of the handle. Found 1ft. 

 above the arena-floor. 



391. Discoidal scraper of flint, of Neolithic type, well formed and 

 chipped; of circular outline, diam. 48mm. (Illustrated.) Found 

 near the scraper, No. 388. 



407. Head of a human femur. Found on the solid chalk ridge 

 between Shafts XIII. and XIV,, and at the bottom of the Inner Trench. 



413. Iron nail, length 2|ins. Found in a post-hole in the Outer 

 Trench. 



Charcoal, fairly well preserved, was collected from three places 

 among the Roman deposits, including one spot 0'35ft. above the 

 platform. All this charcoal was examined by Mr. Clement Reid, 

 F.R.S., and proved to be oak. 



Comparing Cuttings XX. and XXI. (1910 and 1912) on 

 the W.N.W. side of the arena with Cutting XXX. (1913) on 

 the opposite side, very few structural features were disclosed. 

 In clearing away the many tons of material from the old 

 surface on which the Civil War terrace had been raised, the 

 usual number of shards and other objects (mostly of the 

 XVII. Century) were collected, including part of a glazed 

 tile (No. 361) and about 13 J dozen bullets of lead (No. 336) 

 found under the turf in the middle of the slope of the highest 

 part of the terrace, spread over an area some three yards in 

 diameter, few of them being found at a greater depth than 

 0-5ft. 



Judging from the condition of these bullets (many being consider- 

 ably flattened) they had been discharged from a gun or pistol. From 

 those in good condition it is ascertained that they vary in diameter 

 from 14-5mm. to 18'5mm. They seem to afford evidence of target 

 practice, the shots being fired probably from the corresponding terrace 

 on the W. side. The director having recently seen similar bullets from 

 Naseby in Warwick Museum, asked Lieut. -Colonel A. Leetham, 

 Curator of the Royal United Service Institution, to compare the 

 Maumbury bullets with some in his charge, and he reports that the 



