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filling up of the hollow. The made ground, in the lower 

 part of which there was a considerable quantity of potsherds 

 and bones, rested upon an irregular surface of gravel (e). The 

 pottery was generally a red earthen ware with an irregular 

 dark glaze. Some pieces were ornamented with bands of yellow 

 produced by brushing on a very liquid clay as colouring matter 

 previous to final firing. There were also a few pieces of a 

 bright green glazed ware, with rose-like moulded ornament, 

 produced by pressing out the clay when the handle was added. 

 One pipkin in red ware was nearly perfect except the handle. 

 These pieces of pottery had a considerable range in time, but 

 taking them altogether I should be inclined to refer them to 

 the early part of the 17th century. There was also a tobacco 

 pipe with a small bulging bowl which I should refer to the 

 same period. Hardly any metal was found. There was one 

 key of a not uncommon type in which the head is made of 

 three cylinders, the lower two of which are cut in half. The 

 pipe of the key is ornamented in stages like a telescope, but 

 the handle seems rather weak for so large a key. This also 

 may well belong to the 17th century. 



It is important to record all discoveries over this area, 

 seeing that it lies close to the ditches which mark the ancient 

 boundary of Cambridge on the south. In this particular section 

 there was a rapid deepening of the made earth on the south, 

 but the distinctive soil and remains usually found in the 

 ditches were not anywhere seen. 



If the river were taken straight from King's Mill to 

 St John's College it would run through the Colleges of Queens', 

 King's, Clare, Trinity Hall and Trinity, and the eastern part at 

 any rate of all these Colleges, as well as St John's College, are 

 on reclaimed and raised ground. In this connection it is 

 interesting to notice that what is now called Queens' Lane, 

 namely the street which runs between Queens' College and 

 St Catharine's, is on Braunius' map called Mill Street, and was 

 the direct route to the King's Mill where all the mill leets 

 converge, where the river's natural course is most interfered 

 with, and whence the King's Ditch started. 



Turning north we look along the belt of land between Mill 



