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Metal Objects. Iron. 



The soil was generally damp, even under the buildings, 

 as the site was on the edge of the great gravel bed which 

 threw water out all along the margin of the lower ground 

 afterwards given to Downing College. The implements and 

 horse shoes show the manner in which iron rusts away and 

 disappears even in comparatively recent deposits. 



Fig. 6. One blade of a pair of shears, the top of which has got bent 

 back the wrong way. 



Fig. 7. Part of a sickle. 



Fig. 8. A chisel or screwdriver which was probably mounted in a 

 wooden handle. 



Fig. 9. A spear-shaped fragment which is perhaps part of a door 

 hinge. 



Fig. 10. A strong iron staple. 



C.A.S. Comrn, VOL. XI. 28 



