502 REPORT— 1 895. 



India, Egypt, the South of Spain, and Belgium abroad, while in this 

 country they have been recorded from N.E. Lancashire, Warren Hill, 

 Hastings, and Sevenoaks. They consist of crescents, triangles, trapezoids, 

 and other forms. They are sometimes only five-eighths of an inch in 

 length, and rarely exceed one and a half inch. The flakes removed in 

 their manufacture are often only an eightieth of an inch in width. 



A more systematic method of working was adopted during the month 

 of August of this year, adding a vast amount of new material which has 

 yet to be examined, and more work remains to be done. In spite of the 

 vigilance of those in charge, visitors dig into the cliff, and so expose the 

 midden material to the action of the heavy rains, by which it is washed 

 away and lost. 



The best thanks of the Committee are due to the Mayor and Corpora- 

 tion of Hastings for the interest they have taken in the subject, and also 

 for the permission given to excavate ; and to the Rev. W. C. Sayer- 

 Milward, whose permission to excaveite was also necessary. 



A Remarkable Barroiv at the Wildernesse, Sevenoaks, Kent. 



This barrow is situated near a Neolithic settlement on the property of 

 Lord Hillingdon at Sevenoaks. 



The bed-rock of the district belongs to the Folkestone beds, and is 

 usually of a deep iron-stained colour. Upon this was deposited a layer of 

 siliceous ironstone, which apparently served as a hearth, then a layer of 

 black carbonaceous unctuous material, through which are distributed frag- 

 ments of charcoal and small particles of burned bone. This is followed 

 by a layer of calcined flints, all of which appear to have been worked ; but 

 the heat applied was so intense that all the flints are in fragments, and 

 the edges are frequently fused. It is possible, however, to restore imple- 

 ments from fragments found close together. These layers were covered by 

 and enclosed in another black carbonaceous layer, in which occur fairly 

 large pieces of charcoal. Next comes another layer of ironstone. This is 

 followed by a layer of white sand : profusely distributed through these are 

 large quantities of flint implements, flakes, &c. This is a foot in thickness 

 near the centre, where the whole of the flints show signs of burning. The 

 latest excavations disclose the lateral extension of the white layer till it is 

 met by the overlying 4 ft. 6 in. of sand. 



The barrow is round in form, about 90 feet in diameter, and 5 ft. 6 in. 

 high. 



The implements are in every way identical with those found on the 

 adjoining settlement and at the Hastings Kitchen Middens. There are 

 more horseshoe-shaped scrapers than at Hastings, where the scrapers 

 are nearly all spatulate in form ; but all the curiously shaped, diminutive 

 crescents, triangles, trapezoids, &c., are also found at Sevenoaks ; in fact, 

 it is impossible to distinguish between them. 



No metal was found in the barrow except a brass-covered iron bell in 

 the top material. The Rev. Canon Greenwell is of the opinion that this 

 barrow is quite unique. 



The barrow has now been filled in again. 



The Committee propose to spend the small balance in hand upon the 

 Kitchen Middens on Castle Hill. There are others on the East Hill 

 which would also repay working. These middens are intimately associated 

 with the remarkable St. Clement's Caves, and an investigation of them^ 

 might possibly throw a flood of light upon the unknown origin of these, 

 structures. 



