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Mound IX. was of large size, consisting apparently of two floors, 

 and was only partially examined. Below the clay was a thick layer of 

 black earth composed of charcoal, fire-ash, and debris containing quan- 

 tities of bones of animals and fragments of pottery. Under the black 

 earth a well-preserved platform of timber was disclosed, bordered by the 

 remains of the wattled wall of a circular dwelling. This timber was 

 chiefly arranged in a N.E. and S.W. direction, and by far the larger 

 number of the wall-posts were made of squared oak, a feature not 

 noticed in the dwellings previously examined. 



The relics discovered this season were hardly as numerous as last 

 year. A summary of them is appended. 



Bone. — The bone objects were not very numerous. The most 

 interesting specimen is a smooth pin without head, having a long recess, 

 or notch, along the middle of the shaft. A similar object was found 

 with Late-Celtic remains on Ham Hill, S. Somerset (Taunton Museum), 

 and another on the Roman site at Iwerne, Dorset (Pitt-Rivers Museum, 

 Farnham, Dorset). The other specimens include two tibiae of horse 

 (sawn and perforated), two large polishing-bones, pins, a dress- 

 fastener, part of a drill-bow, and two objects of worked bird-bone. 



Worked Carpal and Tarsal Bones of Sheep or Goat. — A large num- 

 ber of ' bobbins ' and other objects, showing signs of considerable use, 

 have been found, especially in Mound VII. where so many weaving 

 appliances were discovered. Many of these bones are perforated in 

 different directions; others have transverse markings, some deeply 

 grooved and very smooth. 



Worked Shoulder-blades of Ox and Horse.— At the end of last 

 season no fewer than thirty-two of these objects had been found, all in 

 Mound VII. Four more were collected from the same dwelling this 

 year; and two others in adjacent mounds. Two of those found in 

 Mound VII. are ornamented with large examples of the dot-and-circle 

 pattern. In all instances the bones are smooth, and the longitudinal 

 spine had been cut down considerably. Many of them are perforated 

 at the articular end (probably for suspension). They have been found 

 where weaving implements are abundant, but their use remains to be 

 explained. 



Crucibles. — Fragments of two found this year. 



Bronze. — Fifteen objects of this material were uncovered this year, 

 but no fibulas are included. There are three finger-rings, one orna- 

 mented by a cable pattern, two rivets (one of a new type), an awl, three 

 thin moulded bosses, part of a belt-fastener, and a large part of the 

 bordering of a perishable scabbard, including the bulbous chape. 

 Perhaps the most interesting remains of bronze is a pair of pins with 

 disc-shaped heads and arched stems. 



Flint. — In addition to a number of flakes, a scraper and two or 

 three finely worked knives have been found. 



(Jlass and other Beads. — The beads are numerous and varied. Nine 

 were found last season ; eighteen specimens this year. The collection 

 includes two polished bone ring-beads. Six of the beads are of a yellow 

 opaque glass, and two pale blue (also opaque). One of the finest speci- 

 mens is a ring-bead of clear sea-green glass, and two are dark blue. A 



