EARLY MAN 



It has been suggested that these last types of instruments belong to the 

 latter end of the neolithic period. 



The pottery, judging from the specimens which have been examined 

 by the present writer, points to a period extending from the Bronze Age 

 to the Romano-British period ; and its association with flint implements 

 suggests a survival of neolithic forms in stone implements extending 

 down to the period of the Roman occupation, rather than that the 

 pottery is itself of the neolithic period. 



Pevensey Castle marks the site of another neolithic quarter where 

 flint implements were produced in large numbers. 



Evidences of neolithic man in the neighbourhood of Beachy Head 

 and Eastbourne have been found in great abundance, by far the larger 

 number of implements having been found by Mr. Stephen Blackmore 

 of East Dean, a shepherd. His collection, which has been made whilst 

 tending sheep on the downs and in the fields, contains some very beau- 

 tiful examples of chipped and ground implements. It is said to be one 

 of the finest collections of neolithic flint implements in private hands in 

 England.' Selections of implements found in this district are exhibited 

 in the museums at Lewes, Brighton, and the Brassey Institute, Hastings, 

 but by far the best specimens remain in the possession of the finder. 



The whole district around Eastbourne and Beachy Head must have 

 once had a large neolithic population, and characteristic implements of 

 flint and also hammer-stones formed of a species of slaty stone procured 

 from the sea-beach, have been found and are still to be found scattered 

 over practically the entire surface. Implements are specially abundant 

 at some points, and Mr. H. S. Toms, of the Brighton Museum, has 

 been good enough to indicate to the writer three such spots in the 

 Beachy Head district, viz. — (i) the northern slope of Crapham Hill, 

 (2) Pea Down, and (3) a place called the Peak, a spur of the Downs. 



Along the whole extent of the southern slope of the South Downs 

 neolithic implements, flakes and chips are abundant. It may suffice to 

 mention a few places where they have been specially noted: (i) Near 

 Black Rock, Brighton ; (2) near the Booth Museum, Dyke Road, 

 Brighton ; (3) half-way between the Clock Tower, Brighton, and the 

 Devil's Dyke; (4) Lychpole Hill; (5) another point about 400 yards to 

 the east of it ; and (6) still another point on a spur of the Downs, the 

 last three places being near Cissbury Hill, which is more or less covered 

 by flint chips, flakes, and implements. At Appledram, about i| miles 

 to the south-west of Chichester, there are evidences of a somewhat 

 extensive factory where large numbers of implements, particularly of 

 small types, have been made. Flakes, cores, and waste chips of flint lie 

 plentifully scattered on the eastern foreshore of the most eastern arm of 

 Chichester Harbour, especially at a point near Appledram Church. 

 Mr. W. Hayden of Chichester, who discovered this deposit and who 

 has collected a large number of flint implements and fragments, kindly 

 pointed out the site to the present writer. There appears to be a well- 



^ Siissfx Arch. Coll. xxxix. 97. 

 1 313 40 



