980 REPORT— 1890. 
The diameter of the mound was found to be over 120 feet; originally tlie 
height was about 30 feet, but the summit had been more or less flattened. In the 
process of excavation it turned out there was an outer mound of rough chalk, of 
some 15 feet or more in thickness, surrounding an inner mound, and that the 
centre of the two did not exactly correspond. 
The inner mound showed an unbroken covering a foot thick, of Kimeridge 
clay, underneath which was a concentric layer, 43 feet thick, of tine chalk grit, 
resting on a bed of clay 53 feet thick. 
In the grit and lower clay were found fifty-three deposits of burnt human 
bones, but without any urns. There were two graves cut out of the. solid rock: 
one in the centre, 9) feet deep, containing three bodies; and a shallow one close by, 
containing one body, accompanied by many flint flakes and tusks of the wild boar. 
Some beautiful flint weapons, with a fine polished flint axe, were found with 
the upper body in the central grave. Altogether eleven interments, doubled up in 
the usual way, were met with, all below the clay mantle of the inner mound. No 
pottery occurred, with the exception of a food vase at the bottom of the central 
grave. No trace of bronze was seen. Fragments of broken human bones, and 
especially of skulls of infants, were found scattered about in the clay and grit. 
7. A probable Site of Delgovitia. By T. R. Mortmer, 
Ata point in the parish of Wetwang-with-Fimber, on the Yorkshire Wolds, 
where the Roman road from York to the coast crosses the Roman road from 
Malton to Beverley, the writer has discovered a Romano-British graveyard: the 
bodies, fourteen in number so far, orientated, with no pottery. Close by a number 
of peculiar trenches were found, in form like a gridiron, in which were numerous 
animal bones and fragments of Roman pottery. 
The writer thinks that the trenches might have been constructed to convey 
water, which would otherwise sink in the valley gravel, to a small Roman station. 
The probability of this situation for the long-lost Delgovitia has already been 
stated by Phillips and Akerman, the distance agreeing exactly with the itinerary, 
supposing Stamford Bridge to be Derventio, and Flamborough Head, Preetorium, 
8. A supposed Roman Camp at Octon. By T. R. Mortimer. 
At Octon, close to a Roman road running from York to the coast, is a welt- 
preserved camp, divided into two portions by a ditch and mounds. The eastern 
portion measures 80 yards by 68 yards. The western is slightly larger, but less 
perfect. The entrance was in the centre by the above-named subway, and the 
defensive position was exceptionally strong. The rectangular corners of the camp 
and the width of the ditches (73 feet) at the bottom, in addition to its position, 
encourage the writer in believing that this is not a British work, but Roman. 
9. A Suggestion as to the Boring of Stone Hammers. By W. Horyxe. 
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 
The following Papers and Reports were read :— 
1. Old and Modern Phrenology. By BuRNard HOLLANDER. 
It is now almost a century since Francis Joseph Gall, strongly impressed by 
the fact that certain formations of the head correspond to definite peculiarities of 
character, began to reduce his conclusions to the system now known as Phrenology. 
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