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finger-nail impressions. Another is the straight rim of a hand-made vessel ; 
the top of the rim is bevelled inwards; average thickness, 12 millimetres. 
Depth, 8°5 feet. 
134. Piece of thick soft British pottery of cinerary- urn type, black on 
the inside, brick-red on the outer surface. This specimen is crossed on the 
outer face by one of the typical cordons or ridges. Depth, 9°5 feet at the 
bottom of the mixed silting. 
117. Part of a human" femur and three-quarters of a humerus (least 
circumference, 59 millimetres). Depth, 9 feet in the mixed silting. 
122. Part of a human femur and radius. Depth, 7:9 feet in the mixed 
silting. 
105. Small flint scraper of long, narrow form, which from its position 
in the chalk rubble near the edge of the fosse might perhaps be of Neolithic 
date. Depth, 7°8 feet. 
106. Pointed implement of flint with thick white patination, having, 
slight traces of secondary chipping; length, 66 millimetres. Depth, 7 feet 
in the Bronze Age stratum of the mixed silting. 
110. Flint knife worked along one edge; length, 30 millimetres. Depth, 
5:3 feet in the mixed silting. 
112. Worked flint flake, with prominent bulb of percussion. Depth, 
6°5 feet near the margin of the fosse. 
120. Flaked flint knife of ovoid shape; length, 40°5 millimetres. 
Depth, 9°5 feet in the chalk rubble. Bronze Age or Neolithic. 
125. Flint scraper of bluish-brown flint, showing part of the crust, with 
bevelled edge. Depth, 6°8 feet in Bronze Age stratum. 
138. Oval flint scraper, 46 by 38 millimetres, with deep bevelled edge. 
Depth, 9°5 feet in the Bronze Age stratum. 
146. Flint core (? sling-stone). Depth, 9°5 feet. 
124. Pick of antler, worn out from prolonged use, very little now 
remaining of the brow-tine. The bez- and trez-tines exist as stumps. - The 
pick shows signs of having been used for hammering in the usual position. 
he smooth grip remains in a damaged condition. The antler is a shed 
one with a heavy straight beam. Depth, 18°8 feet, on the bottom of the 
fosse. 
128. The greater part of the beam of an antler pick, the base deficient, 
the trez-tine remaining as a stump. Signs of hammering in the usual 
position. Depth, 16°5 feet in the chalk rubble, near the bottom. 
129, 137, and 145. Bone shovels, previously described fully. 
(c) Flint Flakes.—These were numerous from Cuttings I, II, and 
II], and many of them were fine examples, with well-defined bulbs of 
percussion. The following were collected in 1908 and 1909 :— 
CuttingI. : ‘ E ; : ; 73 
CuttingII . 5 é : : ; x aiLeg 
Cutting III . . : : ; , : 99 
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The depths of all were recorded. In Cutting I, 8 were ome in the 
surface silting, 29 in the mixed silting, and 36 in the chalk rubble. Of 
these 1 was found at 11 feet deep, 1 at 14 feet, and 2 at 15 feet. 
In Cutting II, 18 were found down to 5 feet, 97 from 5 feet to 
10 feet, 2 at 11 feet, 1 at 12°5 feet, and 1 at 17°5 feet. 
In Cutting Lid 21 were found down to 6 feet, 65 from 6 feet to 
12 feet, and 13 from 12 feet to 13°5 feet. 
