THOMAP-l 



WORKS ON LINN S PLACE. 



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The portion of the w;ill in the field, where it is mucli worn dowu, is 

 not more than 2 feet high, while that part north of the fence and in the 

 woods is from 4 to 5 feet liisli with indications of a ditch along the in- 

 side, tliongh nothing of the kind is observable in the field. The width 

 in the field varies from 20 to 25 feet, but is somewhat 

 less in the woodland where not so much worn down. '= 



On this i^art there ai'e a number of oak trees from 1 to 

 2 feet or more in diameter. 



A rough outline figure of the large mound (marked * 

 in the x^lat) as seen from the east at a distance of about 

 300 yards is shown in Fig. 83. The little rise at c is a 

 low flat mound composed chiefly of fragments of lime- 

 stone partly calcined, situated a few yards immediately 

 south of the large mound. The length of the eastern 

 side of the large mound, from 1 to 2, is 160 feet; the 

 height at a is 13 feet; at b Hi feet and at m 12 feet. 

 These letters, a, b, and w, also mark the places where 

 pits were sunk during the first examination. The cir- 

 cumference of the base is 544 feet. 



At a, the highest point, a pit about 4 feet wide and 

 10 feet long was sunk to the depth of 10 feet; some 

 pieces of burnt clay, small fragments of human bones 

 and flakes of flint were found scattered irregularly 

 through it for the first 5 feet, but below this only sand. 



Three other pits were sunk in the depressed portion 

 (b). In the first, at the depth of 3 feet, a bed of light, 

 dry ashes was discovered, nearly a foot thick but only 

 a few feet in extent horizontally. In this were two 

 rather large fragments of pottery, one inside of the 

 other, as though they had been so placed originally. 

 At the depth of 4 feet a pot with ears was found, 

 mouth upward. It still retained, in part, its original 

 reddish-brown color. 



Below this was a layer of sand similar to that found 

 in pit a. Near the surface were some small irregular 

 pieces of burnt clay. In the second i)it, some 3 feet 

 nortliwest of the first, nothing of interest was found until a depth of 

 4 feet was reached. At this point a considerable quantity of charred 

 grass and ashes was observed. 



In the third of these three pits a number of rather large irregular 

 pieces of burned clay, similar to that already mentioned, were found 

 near the surface. About 3 feet from the surface lay a flat rocik of con- 

 siderable size. A foot below this a layer of burned clay was encoun- 

 tered, the upper surface of which was as smooth and even as ijottery. 

 This proved to be part of an arch, the central portion of which had 

 been broken and thrown down. 



