XCU. MAUMRURY RINGS, DORCHESTER. 



deepest archaeological excavation on record in Britain. Red- 

 deer antler picks were first found at a depth of i6Jft., and then 

 at various depths right down to the bottom. Some of the 

 antlers were obviously not shed naturally, but were those of slain 

 deer. Flint flakes, cores, hammer-stones, and burnt flints, were 

 found at various depths. One of nine antler picks recovered 

 from the pit was found actually resting on the solid chalk bottom, 

 and worked flint was found within a few feet of the bottom. The 

 deer-horn picks exactly resemble those which INIr. St. George 

 Gray found on the bottom of the great fosse at Avebury last INIay. 

 Roman deposits and remains were found in the upper parts 

 down to the level of the solid chalk floor of the arena, but not 

 below that level in the pit proper. 



The excavations will be renewed, it is hoped, about the end of 

 August, 1909. 



