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Dr. Anderson's paper I believe the objects to be similar to those which I Lave 

 collected. He sums up in his paper that ' "VVe have here the material partially- 

 manufactured, roughly blocked out for arrow- and spear-heads, so treated that 

 they could easily be transported to a distance.' 



That these rough Irish specimens represent, therefore, a stage in the manu- 

 facture of spear- and arrow-heads, I have no doubt, and they seem to form a series 

 from the rude to a more highly finished state. 



5. On a recent Discovery of PalcHolithic Implements in Plateau Gravels 

 of I Ipswich. By Miss Nina F. La yard. 



The deposit in question appears to have been formed under post-Glacial con- 

 ditions, somewhat resembling those which obtain at Hoxne. The area hitherto 

 examined does not exceed 53 feet by 30 feet, but it has yielded twenty-seven 

 implements representing fifteen distinct varieties, a fairly complete assortment of 

 palaeolithic types. Pointed implements predominate ; the majority conveniently 

 humped for holding, but one sharpened at the butt, so that it could not have 

 been held comfortably unless hafted. Two other implements show depres- 

 sions which might have received a haft. The clumsier tools would appear to have 

 been specially fitted for agricultural purposes. 



One implement seems to show traces of previous working, for the ilint was 

 already of the desired shape before its thick white coating was formed. 



6. On a recent Find of Palceolithic Flint Implements at Knowle, Wiltshire. 

 By Wm. Cunnington, F.G.S., and "VVm. A. Cunnington, Ph.D. 



In a gravel-pit near Knowle Farm, on the borders of Savernake Forest, Wilt- 

 ahire, there have been found within the last year and a half a large number of 

 palajolithic flint implements. Some are very cleverly flaked, in this respect almost 

 resembling neoliths, whilst others are exceedingly rude, almost shapeless, and difli- 

 cult to recognise as having been wrought by man. In connection with the imple- 

 ments, as indeed with the unworked flints from the same locality, two interesting 

 and somewhat difficult problems arise. The flints, worked and unworked alike, 

 are in some cases (about 10 per cent, of the whole) scratched in a remarkable 

 manner, either all over or on the more exposed areas. The scratches appear in 

 some cases to have been more or less filled up by a later deposit of white silica. 

 Various suggestions have been made to account for the scratching, but the authors 

 believe it could only have been accomplished by glacial agency. If the markings be 

 accepted as glacial strire, we have here further evidence of the existence of man 

 on the earth in pre-Glacial or inter-Glacial times. A further remarkable feature 

 exhibited by many of the flints is their highly glazed or polished state. The flints 

 are seldom completely polished, but have polished areas of varying size, often cor- 

 responding to the more exposed regions. Bands of varying hardness show varying 

 degrees of polish, and the high gloss is most frequently produced upon lately 

 fractured surfaces. Certain authorities have attributed the extremely glossy sur- 

 face to a secondary deposition of silica locally whilst the flints were embedded 

 in the gravel. The authors, however, believe the eifect to have been produced by 

 blown sand, presumably very fine sand, the action being in all probability assisted 

 by the presence in it of a considerable percentage of iron oxide. 



7. I/'otes on the Excavation of a Primitive Site near Gi-oomsport, Co. Down. 



By Egbert M. Young. 



This Paper describes the remains of a primitive settlement discovered by the 

 author in July 1897 on the Co. Down coast. 



1. The site was adjacent to the sea, beneath a grass-grown field, formerly a 



