392 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. 
The Lake Village at Glastonbury.—Ninth Report of the Committee, 
consisting of Dr. R. Munro (Chairman), Professor W. Boyp 
Dawkins (Secretary), Sir Joan Evans, Dr. Artuur J. Evans, 
Mr. Henry Batrour, Mr. C. H. Reap, and Mr. A. BULLEID. 
(Drawn up by Mr. ARTHUR BuLuLerD and Mr. H. Sr. GeorGE 
GRaY.) 
THE excavations at the Lake Village near Glastonbury were reopened 
this year on May 6 under the joint superintendence of Mr. Arthur Bulleid 
and Mr. H. St. George Gray, and digging was carried on for six weeks. 
The ground explored covered some 1,080 square yards, situated in the 
N.W. quarter of the village, together with half a dwelling-mound near 
the 8.W. border. The number and variety of the ‘finds’ were below the 
average, but the structural discoveries compared favourably with those 
of other seasons. During the digging this year several areas of clay were 
discovered hitherto unrecognised, bringing the total number of ‘mounds’ 
up to 89. Dwelling-mounds, or areas of clay, Nos. 66, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 
and 89, together with the intervening spaces of level ground, were 
explored ; dwelling-mounds Nos. 73 and 75, partly examined in 1906, 
were completed, as were also portions of the following dwellings left from 
former years: Nos. 13 (1896), 34 (1898), and 81 (1905). 
This completes the systematic examination of the entire site, with the 
exception of the small piece of ground on which the shed stands. The 
excavations were begun in 1892, and have been in progress sixteen years, 
with an interval of five years. 
The following - points of interest were noticed in the different 
mounds :— 
Mounp 13.—The E. half of this mound was excavated in 1896. The 
W. half was examined this year, and was found to be composed of several 
layers of yellow and blue clay, the total thickness of which near the 
central picket measured 9 feet 3 inches. The lower layers of clay were 
kept in place along the 8.W. margin by a line of piles and wattle-work. 
No hearths were discovered on any of the floors A well-detined line of 
wall-posts was found bordering the N. margin of Floor I. The substruc- 
ture under the W. half of the mound was strong, and was composed of 
two layers of timber with much compressed rush and brushwood under. 
The upper stratum of timber was arranged lengthways, chiefly in an E. and 
W.direction ; the lower N.andS. The upper timbers varied from 6 inches 
to 9 inches in diameter, the lower from 9 inches to 14inches. The greatest 
thickness of the layers of rush and brushwood measured 2 feet 3 inches. 
The only objects of interest found in the W. half of Dwelling 13 were : 
H 364, W 116, and X 74. 
Mounp 66.—This dwelling-mound was of small size, situated in the 
N.W. quarter of the village, lying E. of Mound 74 and N.E. of Mound 
75. It was composed of two floors, the upper made of yellow and the 
lower of dark-grey clay. The greatest depth of clay near the central 
picket was 18 inches, and the greatest diameter E. and W. 19 feet. There 
were indications of a hearth on Floor I. covering an area 5 feet 6 inches in 
diameter. The hearth belonging to Floor II. was a circular area of clay 
measuring 5 feet in diameter. At a depth of 5 inches under this a 
gravel hearth was found 3 feet 8 inches in diameter, and below this two 
