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There was also a large quantity of bones of animals, most 

 of which seem to have been used for food. There were bones 

 of horse, ox, sheep, goat, pig, dog, fox, and birds. The remains 

 of the horse were, as usual, in the same condition as the others. 

 Here we had evidently local household rubbish pits. There 

 was no material carted on to raise the ground, for which there 

 was here no necessity. 



On the lower ground, near the King's Ditch, between St Tibb's 

 Row and Petty Cury, there was more levelling up by the 

 accumulation of local refuse, but the ground does not appear 

 to have been raised by carting mixed rubbish on to it (fig. 13). 



Made ground. " ^ ^.- -> 



Gravel thrown up. ' -^^ \ 

 Black soil. 



Rusty gravel. 



Old floor 

 Bricks. 



Made ground. 



a. Hatchet. 

 Black soil. 



b. Jug. 



Gravel 5 ft. 



Gault at 15 ft. from 

 surface. 



Fig. 13. Section seen in the Falcon Yard, June 10, 1906. Scale 8 feet to 1 inch. 



This does not look like rubbish carted on to an even surface of 

 gravel, but is merely household refuse shot into a hole, from 

 which perhaps a little gravel had been obtained. 



The interesting jug found here, which probably belongs to 

 the early loth century, is in the possession of Mr Jas. V. Pry or, 

 to whom I am indebted for much courtesy and assistance. 



It follows, therefore, that the Grounds of Downing College 

 were of the nature of a " bourne," that is an area along which 



