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type; the nose, consisting of a rounded knob, appears to have been 

 broken and replaced by a knob of a different metal ; the pin is hinged, 

 with an iron axis ; the head of the bow terminates in a plate bearing 

 the inscription AVCISSA (unfortunately the initial A has been broken 

 off) ; length 49*5 mm. Found near the western margin of the cutting, 

 depth 3'9 feet at the top of the mixed silting. (There is no doubt about 

 the finding of the brooch in this position, as it was discovered by the 

 writer.) 



163. Six small fragments of coarse, hand-made, badly baked pre- 

 historic pottery, ornamented on the external surface by lines of twisted 

 cord pattern and finger-nail marks. Also a straight rim fragment, of 

 similar character, ornamented externally by four parallel lines of twisted 

 cord pattern, and internally by a single row of the same, below which 

 there is a row of deep finger-nail marks. Depth 5'8 feet near the 

 bottom of the mixed silting. 



164. Straight piece of red-deer antler, apparently unworked; length 

 6^ inches. Depth eight feet in the middle of the fosse near the 

 bottom of the mixed silting. 



165. Greater part of a large rib-bone, probably of ox, with rough, 

 slightly incised, longitudinal scoring. Found resting on the floor of 

 the fosse. 



166. Hollow-scraper, or arrow-shafter, of flint. Depth 4'6 feet in 

 the mixed, silting. 



167. A large number of fragments of hand-made prehistoric pottery, 

 the largest piece, after repair-, measuring about 2J by 2f inches; 

 maximum thickness, i inch. The fragments were distributed over 

 2 or 3 feet of ground in burnt material, and seeing the importance 

 of the ' find ' after the first piece or two had been collected, the writer 

 obtained a sieve through which all the surrounding material was passed. 

 This pottery has not yet been microscopically examined, but the wara 

 is coarse internally, the surfaces being carefully finished to receive 

 impressed ornament; black on the inner surface, a light reddish-brown 

 on the outside. At about 43 mm. below the almost straight rim there 

 is a decided shoulder or ridge encircling the vessel with a hollow mould- 

 ing below it. The ornamentation between the top of the rim and the 

 shoulder consists of a double row of herring-bone pattern impressed 

 before baking by means of a notched implement of wood, bone, or 

 antler, or perhaps by a piece of shell having natural ribbing. Below 

 the shoulder there is similar ornament, but owing to the fragmentary 

 state of the portion of the vessel remaining it is impossible to say how 

 far this style of decoration extended in the direction of the bottom of 

 the pot. With the pottery were found three flint flakes (one with 

 secondary chipping), pieces of burnt iron pyrites and very small bits 

 of burnt bone. Found in the mixed silting, depth five feet in the 

 western half of the cutting. 



168. Small piece of coarse hand-made prehistoric pottery, contain- 

 ing grains of quartz ; described as of the Bronze Age type in the former 

 reports. Depth 14 feet in the chalk rubble. 



169. Part of a human humerus, and the greater portion of a human 

 tibia (both from the left side of the body). The tibia is of small size 



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