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ones quite plain, the inner ones consisting- of alternate oblong- 

 spaces, one plain, the other marked with vertical lines of impres- 

 sions made by a notched instrument, these spaces being- counter- 

 changed on the bands. The widest portion of the bulbous part has 

 an encircling band of chevrons set on edge, and below that are 

 four bands, alternately plain and marked with lines slightly in- 

 clining to the right. All the bands are separated by two encircling 

 lines of notched impressions. At a level 6 in. higher (the head 

 lying above the woman's knees) was the body of a child, 8 or 9 

 years old, laid with the head to E.S.E. Immediately above the 

 head, though not in actual contact with the bones, but still I think 

 associated with the body, was a flint knife, 1^ in. long. Much 

 charcoal was found about both the bodies. Underneath the woman, 

 and at the level of the natural surface, lying east and west, was a 

 beam of wood, 5f ft. long, and 9 in. wide by 4 in. thick ; and just 

 above it was a hollow space, 7 in. deep, which was probably due to 

 the settling of the filling-in of a grave over the top of which the 

 beam was laid. The grave lay north-west-by-west and south-east- 

 by-east, and was 7 ft. long, 4J ft. wide, and 2 ft. deep. In it on 

 the bottom, and close to the north-west end, was the body of an 

 adult of uncertain sex, laid on the right side, with the head to W., 

 and the hands up to the face. Behind the head was a ' drinking 

 cup ;' in front of the chest two round flint scrapers and a chipping; 

 at the knees one round scraper and a chipping ; and at the feet a 

 small oval scraper. The ' drinking cup,' in form somewhat like 

 fig. 82, is 7J in. high, 5J in. wide at the mouth, and 3 in. at the 

 bottom. At the top two lines of notched impressions encircle the 

 vessel; then there is a band formed by a series of vertical lines, 

 of the same markings, 1^ in. in length ; then four plain grooved 

 lines and below these five toothed lines encircle it, occupying a 

 space of 1^ in. ; below them a series of vertical lines, similar to 

 those above but shorter, covers a space of | in., having below a row 

 of very short lines inclining to the right, with four encircling lines 

 intervening ; below which, for a space of 2f in., the vessel is plain. 

 Just beyond the feet of this body were the bones of a young woman 

 which had been disturbed and relaid. They were placed in a heap, 

 the skull being on the top of the other bones. In the grave 

 scattered pieces of charcoal were seen, here and there. The appear- 

 ances suggested that a cutting had been made into an already 

 existing grave, but not extending quite to its sides : the original 

 grave seemed to have been filled in with earth, and through this 



