500 



REPORT — 1895. 



General Values of E obtained for the greatest range of stress the bar 



permitted. 



An Ancient Kitchen Midden at Hastings, and a Barrovj at the 

 Wildernesse. — Eejoort of the Committee, consisting of Sir JoHN 

 EvAXS (Chairman), Mr. W. J. Lewis Abbott (Secretary), Pro- 

 fessor J. Prestwich, Mr. CuTHBERT Peek, and Mr. Arthur J. 

 Evans. (Drawn up hij the Secretary.) 



The Hastings Kitchen Middens. 



The cliffs at Hastings are formed of sandstones belonging to the Ash- 

 down Sands, which at Castle Hill rise some 180 feet in height. These 

 are very much iissured, and often a centre block becomes keyed abov^ 

 while it breaks away below, thus forming a veritable cave. Along both 

 the east and west cliffs these natural fissures have been widened out 

 artificially, and doubtless have served as human habitations in the past. 



Upon the tops of some of these fissures, and upon the rock -ledges on 

 the face of the cliffs, there are large accumulations of materials of various 



