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closely together that from fifty to seventy have been counted in the space 

 of ten feet. The majority slope outwards, having the appearance of 

 chevaux defrise, at angles varying with the state of preservation of the 

 border ; but a lai-ge proportion of them were undoubtedly driven in 

 vertically, and have been either broken oft' or gradually forced out into 

 their present position. Some piles barely reach the true peat, M'hilst 

 others pierce it for several feet ; occasionally a few vertical piles are still 

 seen among the slanting : these probably show repairs to the border. 



The border of the village has a very irregular outline, the piles being 

 arranged in varying curves: this unevenness has been proved in some places 

 to be due to extension of the village. The surface of the border immedi- 

 ately inside the piles is formed of trunks of trees and large pieces of 

 timber placed side by side parallel to the margin, and reaching eight to 

 twelve feet inwards ; underneath these more timber is found, alternating 

 with layers of clay and brushwood, with which are intermingled patches 

 of stone, peat, rush, and bracken to the depth of live feet. 



Numerous and important objects have been unearthed this season 

 from the peat outside the village at all depths down to seven feet three 

 inches, and as far as eighty feet from the village border. Pottery — hand 

 and wheel made — clay pellets (so-called sling-stones), baked and unbaked, 

 and bones of animals are still met with at all points in great quantities. 

 Recently a decorated wheel-made bowl of black ware has been found in 

 perfect preservation and highly linished, four inches high, and five inches 

 across the rim, besides numerous other pieces of pottery elaborately 

 marked with designs of circles, curved and flowing lines, and triangles. 

 Many of these fragments are doubtless capable of reconstruction. 



Flint. — Besides several scrapers, one good arrow-head. 



Bro7ize. — The find of greatest importance in this metal has been a 

 well-preserved bowl measuring 4^ inches across the rim. It is made of 

 two pieces riveted together : the outside decoration consists of the row of 

 rivet-heads or bosses almost an inch below the rim, and two fine lines of 

 punched work near the edge ; the under surface is semicircular, and a hole 

 in it had been evidently made good by riveting on a small piece. Amongst 

 the other objects of bronze are two more spiral finger-rings and a pen- 

 annular ring brooch. 



Iron. — Of this metal there is a reaping hook, together with its wooden 

 handle, sixteen inches in length, and a primitive sickle with riveted wood 

 handle complete, in length ten inches. 



Lead. — A spindle whorl decorated with three parallel lines, and a 

 flattened disc or weight of about one and a quarter inch in diameter. 



Bones. — More human remains have been met with this year than pre- 

 viously, including a complete skull showing several sword or axe-marks : 

 no other bones belonging to the body were discovered near it. 



Professor Boyd Dawkins has examined the sample of animal bones 

 forwarded to him, and among them he has found the following mammals 

 and birds represented : — 



Domestic Mammals Domestic Birds 



Bos longifrons Gallus domesticus 



Capra hircus 



Ovis aries 



Sus scrofa 



Equus caballus 



Canis familiaris 



