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of fire was distinctly traceable, and charcoal in small pieces was 

 observed in both deposits. In the lower patch a piece of the burr of a 

 small red-deer antler, a bit of burnt bone, and fragmentary animal 

 remains were found, and the charcoal included remains of beech (iden- 

 tified by Mr. Clement Reid) ; the objects described later under No. 160 

 were also collected from the same material. The prehistoric pottery, 

 No. 167, was found in the upper deposit of burnt material. It is a 

 question if these deposits do not indicate some sort of occupation when 

 the fosse had silted up to these respective levels. 



IV. Relics found in Cutting VIII., Fosse. 



147, 148, 150, 151. Fragments of rims, &c, of glazed and unglazed 

 mediaeval pottery. Depths from 2'2 to 2"6 feet in the surface silting. 

 (Several other pieces of mediaeval pottery were found, but only the best 

 samples were preserved.) 



149. Two small tines of deer (in poor preservation). Depth six feet 

 in the mixed silting. 



152. Fragment of soft New Forest ware, painted and slightly orna- 

 mented; Eoman. Depth 4*2 feet near the top of the mixed silting. 



153. Fragment of brown pottery, Romano-British. Found as 

 No. 152. 



154. Finely chipped flint knife, of plano-convex section, worked on 

 the convex face only and along both edges ; the butt-end shows the outer 

 crust of the flint core from which the implement was struck; length 

 61 mm., maximum width 30 mm., maximum thickness 8'5 mm. It 

 was badly fractured by being struck by an iron pick, but has been neatly 

 repaired. Depth 5'7 feet in the mixed silting. 



155. Two fragments of light brown pottery, Eomano-British. Depth 

 4*3 feet near the top of the mixed silting. 



156. Small iron cleat (for shoe or sandal); length 22 mm., with 

 narrow base (width 7'5 mm.) and the usual projecting points for attach- 

 ment. Depth 4 - 7 feet in the mixed silting. 



157. Two fragments of mediaeval pottery, with band of ornament. 

 Depth 3 feet in the surface silting. 



158. Fragment of brown pottery, with faint striations, Romano- 

 British. Depth 4'5 feet in the mixed silting. 



159. Flat and rounded disc of sandstone. Depth 6'8 feet in the 

 chalk rubble. 



160. Part of the beam of a shed antler of red-deer, with burr, 

 brow- and bez-tines complete; unworked. Depth seven feet in the fine 

 mixed silting in a patch of burnt material. Close to the antler were 

 found part of a dog's jaw and a boar's tusk. 



161. Greater part of the rim and sides of a black earthenware 

 saucer, Romano-British. It cannot be completely restored. The frag- 

 ments were found strewn over a considerable area. Depth 3 "5 feet in 

 the mixed silting. 



162. Bronze fibula, Roman, having a semi-circular bow of plano- 

 convex section, the rounded upper surface being ornamented longi- 

 tudinally by a beaded pattern of the character usual in brooches of this 



