EXCAVATIONS AT MAUMBURY RINGS. 105 



Newton, F.R.S. The following are the most interesting, all 

 found in Cutting XXI. : — * 



From the Roman Deposits — 



Horse (a metatarsus giving height of 12 hands Sin. at shoulder — 



size of New Forest pony). 

 Ox (a radius giving height of 3ft. 5|in. — size' of. modern Kerry Cow). 

 Shee2D, or Goat. 

 Fox {Canis vulpes). 

 Badger {Meles taxus). 

 Polecat (Mustela putorius) — large size ; skull and nearly complete 



skeleton. 

 Water Vole {Microtus amphibius). 

 Rook, or Crow. 



From Shaft IX. (total depth of shaft below arena turf, 

 28-5ft.). 



At 20 feet deep. 



Toad (Bufo vulgaris) — large size. 

 Bank Vole {Evotomys glareolus). 

 Field Vole (Microtus agrestis). 



At 23-24 feet deep. 

 Pig [Sus scrofa) — may be wild Boar. 



At 26 feet deep. 

 Part of rib of Horse or Ox, and other fragmentary remains. 



From Shaft XI. (total depth of shaft below arena turf, 

 28ft.). 



Fragmentary remains of Horse and Ox in rammed chalk at the top of 

 the shaft. 



At 10 feet deep. 

 Red-deer (Cervus elaphus). 



At 15 feet and 17 feet deep. 

 Pig (Sus scrofa) — may be wild Boar. 



At bottom of Shaft, 

 Field Vole (Microtus agrestis) — part of two skeletons. 



* This list does not include worked animal bones, red-deer skulls, 

 antlers, or picks, bearing special numbers. 



