ON THE LAKE VILLAGE AT GLASTONBURY. 433 



Wild Mammals Wild Birds 



Felis catus ferus Crane abundant 



Lutra vulgaris Swan abundant 



? Canis lupus Heron 



Sus scrofa ferus Diver, species ? 



Castor fiber Mallard 



Cervus elaphus Grebe 

 Cervus capreolus 

 Arvicola amphibia 



Many very interesting objects have been found this year made of 

 cut wood, amongst them being seventeen pieces of a mortised frame- 

 work, probably part of a second loom, another having been found last 

 summer. 



Portions of a small stave-made bucket with decorated side. The 

 greater part of a solid cut tub in fragments, six inches high, and about 

 twelve inches in diameter, the outside decoi'ation being of a very bold and 

 beautiful description. 



Part of the axle of a wheel, with bases of two spokes in situ. The 

 length of the axle is fourteen inches, its diameter six inches, and the length 

 of a spoke being twelve inches. The whole is of light construction and 

 of perfect workmanship, and was probably a potter's wheel. 



A large font- shaped block of timber, three feet high and two feet in 

 diameter. The top is flat, showing complete impressions of the sharp 

 edge of the axe with which it was cut. 



Unbaked clay pellets, or so-called sling-stones, have been found in 

 hundreds, and among the other things dug out of the peat are spindle 

 whorls, quern stones, wattle, and ci'e vice- marked clay, and portions of 

 loom weights. The bones of animals have been met with in such quantities 

 in some places that a wheel-barrow full has been obtained from a square 

 yard of peat. 



The botanical specimens have been submitted to Mr. J. G. Baker, 

 r.R.S., of Kew, who has kindly given the following report, and further 

 specimens are to be forwarded to him. 



' Report on the peat from the British village at Glastonbury : — 



' Leaves. — It contained abundant leaves of Salix cinerea, a species 

 everywhere abundant in Britain at the present time, not restricted to 

 damp places. On some of the leaves were found Rliytisma Salicinum, a 

 minute fungus. There were a few leaves of Myrica Gale. 



' Twiys. — Probably these belong to Salix cinerea. 



^ Seeds. — The abundant seeds represent three genera — Ranunculus, Pota- 

 mogeton, and Carex. All these are large genera, and it is impossible to 

 say which species they represent. Potamogeton indicates a lake or pool. 



'Altogether the peat contains nothing whatever that might not be 

 found living in the surrounding district at the present time.' 



Very careful and accurate notes are taken of everything that is found, 

 and all piles, posts, large pieces of timber, and stone are marked on the 

 plans ; the depth at which important objects are found is also noted, and 

 photographs are taken and drawings made. 



There still remain two-thirds of the village border to be traced, and 

 nearly fifty dwelling mounds and about five-sixths of the entire village 

 area to be examined. 



1894. F F 



