6 WINTERBORNE KINGSTON ROMAN WELL. 



and 1 7-1 Oth inches thick, arranged edgeways at an interval of 

 10 inches from each other. In the centre of the circle was a 

 small Sarsen stone, 6 inches in diameter, conical in shape, and 

 somewhat like a cobbler's lap stone ; close by lay an iron knife. I 

 found no other object within the circle. A few feet on the north- 

 east of the circle was an oblong grave-like looking pit, 6 feet long, 

 5 feet broad, and 4 feet deep, containing about two cart-loads of 

 broken pottery, flints, and ashes, all of which had apparently been 

 under the action of fire. 



The purpose or use of this circle is difficult to determine ; it had 

 probably some connection with religion. 



