658 : REPORT—1896. 
Bronze.—Six spiral finger and other rings, the upper flattened surface 
of one being ornamented with three groups of concentric circles. An 
awl-shaped implement five inches long 
Portions of several fibule, a few inches of a cup or tub hoop, several 
rivet-heads, and other fragments. 
Jron.—Amongst the implements of iron are : 
Two reaping-hooks. 
Two adzes, 
A saw. 
A gouge. 
And a billhook, all of which were found intact with wooden handles. 
Part of a second billhook. 
A stay or loop. 
A roughly semicircular-shaped implement fifteen inches long, pointed 
out and bent at one end for fixing in a handle. 
A bar of iron eighteen inches long. 
A small ring, and many nondescript fragments. 
Lead.—A spindle whorl,.a fishing-net weight or plummet. 
Kimeridge Shale.—¥ ragments of several armlets and rings. 
Glass.—Three complete blue beads. 
Horn.—More than thirty pieces of cut horn, including ferrules 
haftings, handles, cheek pieces, and eight long-handled weaving combs. 
Worked Bone.—A number of implements, among them being needles, 
gouges, polishing bones, and twenty or more perforated metacarpal sheep 
bones. 
Baked Clay other than Pottery.—Portions of several large triangular 
blocks or loom weights, spindle whorls, sling pellets, and part of a small 
three-cornered crucible. 
Human Bones.—The following list of human remains have been found 
at various parts of the excavation this season : 
1. A complete adult skull, badly cut in the occipital region. 
2. Three more or less complete skeletons of very young children ; one 
was found on the floor of a dwelling two feet from the hearth. 
3. An adult skull in fragments, and portions of the lower extremities 
belonging to the same body. 
4, Several fragments from other bodies—one of these, a clavicle, bears 
distinct traces of having been gnawed by a dog. 
Bones of animals have been as abundant as formerly. Geological and 
botanical specimens have been collected and carefully preserved for ex- 
amination ; among the latter is a sack full of sloe, wild plum stones, and 
other seeds, found together within the space of a few feet among the 
débris outside the palisading. 
Shallow test borings have been made through the peat at various 
parts of the village, and in the surrounding fields. The greatest depth 
of peat met with has been sixteen feet ; underlying it isa layer of soft 
blue clay more than six feet thick. The borings are being extended at 
intervals of 100 yards in a line north and south of the village between 
the raised lands of Glastonbury and Godney. Of the original sixty-five 
dwelling mounds there still remain twenty-six unopened ; these, together 
with the spaces of ground around them and near the centre of the village, 
representing more than one-third of the total area of the settlement, await 
future examination. Some of the more recent discoveries are being 
exhibited during the meeting of the Association. 
