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the border-palisading and was somewhat quadrangular in outline. It 

 was composed of three floors, the greatest diameter of the mound being 

 24 feet E. and W., and the greatest thickness of clay 17 inches. 



Floor I. was a small area of clay, 9 feet in diameter E. and W., with 

 a central hearth composed of a raised patch of clay with waterworn 

 sandstone pebbles embedded in the surface. The diameter E. and W. of 

 the stoned area measured 18 inches, and that of the clay portion was 

 4 feet at the floor level. 



Floors II. and III. were of greater extent, with no indications of 

 having had hearths. 



This mound contained an average quantity of pottery. Several 

 pieces of thin grey Romano-British pottery (P 175) were found on the 

 surface of the mound, immediately under the flood-soil, and one piece in 

 the black earth belonging jointly to Floors I. and II. 



Amongst the objects of interest from Mound 68 wei-e : D 72, P 174, 

 P 175, Q 48, W 179, W 180, X 50. 



Mound 71. — The greater part of this dwelling was examined 

 and described in the 1905 report. The small section of the mound 

 remaining along the E. side was completed. The diameter of the clay 

 floors was 22 feet E. and W. ; the E. margin of the clay overlapped 

 Mound 83 to the extent of 8 feet. The well-preserved and arranged 

 timber substructure noticed last year did not reach the E. margin of the 

 mound. 



No additions were made to the list of objects enumerated last year. 



Mound 72. — This dwelling was partially excavated in 1906. It was 

 composed of three floors and situated near the W. border of the village. 

 Nothing particularly noteworthy was found in the construction of the 

 mound beyond that described last year. 



Among the objects found this year were : E 257, E 261, H 345, 

 H 347, Q 49. 



Mound 73. — This was a large- sized mound, quadrangular in outline, 

 with the greatest diameter lying N.W. and S.E. It was situated S.W. of 

 Mound 74, S. of Mound 71, and N.E. of Mound 76. It was composed 

 of two layers of clay, the upper being IS inches thick at the centre and 

 continuous at the E. margin with Mound 74, and along the W. side with 

 Mound 76. Indications of a baked-clay hearth were noticed on the 

 surface of the clay towards the S. part of the mound. The second layer 

 of clay was of small extent, the greatest diameter measuring 11 feet E. 

 and W. Time did not permit of the southern part of this mound being 

 excavated this year, but it will, in all probability, be completed next 

 season. 



The substructure under the N. and W. aspects of the mound was not 

 important, but under the E. side, adjoining Mound 74, it was composed of 

 timber and brushwood placed in an E.S.E. and W.N.W. direction. 



Amongst the objects of importance found in this mound were : B 346, 

 B 402, B 403, E 245 (1905), E 259, E 260, E 262, H 346, M 40. 



Mound 74. — This was the largest mound in the N.W. portion of the 

 village, situated S.E. of Mound 71, N.E. of Mound 73, and N.W. of 

 Mound 75. It was composed of five floors, the greatest diameter being 

 34 feet E. and W., and the greatest depth of clay near the centre of the 



