326 REPORT—1904. 
Among the chief objects found in this dwelling were F 364, H 284. 
Mound 58.—Situated close to the N.N.E. border of the village, and 
to the west of Mound 57. This dwelling-mound, 27 feet across from east 
to west, was composed of two floors, the total thickness of the clay being 
15 inches. Well-preserved hearths were found on both floors, the upper 
made of clay, the lower of gravel. The latter was photographed from the 
N.E. and from the8.8.W. The substructure was not well arranged, except 
under the east side of the mound, where the pieces of timber were 
placed parallel, in a north and south direction. 
The most important objects were B 374, E 191, F 362, F 363, 
H 285, K 27, P 163, S 31, 8 32, 8 33. 
Mound 79.—This mound was composed of three floors, the total 
thickness of the clay being 21 inches. The surface of the lower floor was 
partially covered by small water-worn stones. No distinct hearth was 
noticed on either floor, although each layer bore evidence of fire. The sub- 
structure consisted of a layer of brushwood, kept in place by numerous small 
piles and some larger pieces of timber placed side by side east and west. 
The only finds of importance were H 288, I 88. 
Mound 78.—This mound was 24 feet across east and west, and 
composed of three floors of clay, not easily distinguishable. The 
total thickness of clay near the centre was 2 feet. Pieces of flooring- 
boards were noticed on the surface of the second floor ; these were lying 
lengthways in a south-westerly and north-easterly direction. The 
hearth, photographed from the south, belonging to the upper floor was a 
circular platform of clay 4 feet in diameter, in a good state of preserva- 
tion. At an average distance of 18 inches from the south-west, south- 
east, and north-east points of the margin of the hearth there were three 
slabs of lias resting on the surface of the clay floor, placed at right 
angles and equidistant, so as to form two sides of a square. If a fourth 
slab ever existed at the north-west angle it was not discovered. Nothing 
particularly noteworthy was noticed in the substructure. 
The chief finds from Mound 78 were B 375, D 71, E 192, E 193, 
E 196, F 365, F 366, F 367, H 287, H 290, H 291, H 293, S 34, 8 35, 
8 36, 8 37. 
Mound 55.—This mound, with a diameter 36 feet east and west, 
was composed of two floors, the area of the upper being considerably 
the greater. The hearth belonging to the upper floor was of baked 
clay, not well defined. Placed at varying distances from it were seven 
large blocks of water-worn sandstone, arranged roughly in a semicircle. 
The eastern margin of the same floor was covered with small rubble 
stone and overlapped by the clay floors of Mound 56. The second 
floor was of small extent, but noteworthy for the hearth, photographed 
from the east and from the north-east, which was quite complete and in an 
excellent state of preservation. It had previously been uncovered in 
1902. The hearth was made of baked clay, covered with a layer of mortar- 
like substance. It was of circular outline with bevelled sides, average 
diameter at base 5 feet, at top 33 feet, height about 9 inches. A plan 
and section of this hearth is givenin Plate I. accompanying Mr. H. St. G. 
Gray’s paper, ‘Proc. Som. Arch. Soc.,’ vol. xlviii. pt. 2. The substructure 
supporting the clay was well marked at the north and north-east edges of 
the mound. Several incomplete lines of wattle-work were uncovered among 
the brushwood underlying the east and south-east sides of the dwelling. 
The most interesting finds were B 372 (1902), B 373 (1902), D 70 
