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Associated with the human skeleton, the following antiquities were 

 found (all bearing the same No. 214, except the saw. No. 211, and 

 two fragments of pottery, No. 210) : 



(«) Ball of solid chalk, rudely shaped and having an average diameter of 

 36-5 mm. {1-,^ in.).» 



{b) Large Hint core; all the surfaces are white. 



(c) Several flint flakes, one of which is burnt. 



(d) Metacarpus of sheep. 



(e) Nineteen fragments of prehistoric pottery, hand-made and of soft paste. 

 There is no trace of ornament. Some of the pieces are black all through ; some 

 black inside and reddish-brown outside. They represent fragments of more 

 than one pot and vary in thickness from 6 mm. to 14 mm. Most of the pieces 

 contain a small admixture of quartz grains, but for the most part they are very 

 small. 



210. Two fragments of prehistoric pottery, hand-made and badly baked, of 

 a very soft paste and containing occasional grains of quartz and other sub- 

 stances. This pottery is reddish-brown on the outer face and black inside. One 

 of the specimens is a straight rim piece somewhat bevelled on the outer side. 



Found at a depth of S'? ft. below the surface of the silting, 4 ft. N.W. of 

 the pelvis of the human skeleton. 



211. Saw formed from a white flint, length 64 mm., having a dorsal ridge 

 (giving a triangular cross-section). The longest edge, which is concave, is 

 worked with fine serrations throughout its length. 



Found in the mixed silting under the skeleton (No. 214), and at a depth of 

 6'5 ft. below the surface of the silting. 



IV. Deposits of Burnt Material from the Fosse. 



At a distance of 0"5 ft. below the skeleton a patch of dark material 

 was reached, consisting for the most part of burnt mould. This was 

 found to extend to a depth of 7"5 ft. below the surface of the silting. 

 The deposit was more or less in the shape of a mound of about 3 ft. 

 in diameter, and it was evident that a fire had been kindled on the 

 spot. The dark area was divided by a seam of 0'2 ft. of mixed mould 

 and fine chalk at about 0'75 ft. from the top of the dark patch. Below 

 the dark material yellowish-brown mould occurred, followed at a greater 

 depth by chalk rubble. 



In this dark material the following objects were found (marked 

 No. 247): 



{a) Part of a large flint hammer-stone. 



(6) A large quantity of burnt animal bone, mostly split up into small pieces. 

 (Samples preserved.) 



(c) A human incisor tooth. 



{d) Astragalus of small ox. 



(e) Points of four tines of red-deer, much weathered. 



(/) Metatarsus of red-deer (not sufficiently complete for measurement). 



(g) A number of flint flakes, of which about one-half are burnt. 

 _ (h) Some charcoal (identified by Mr. Clement Reid, F.R.S., as beech). It 

 might be noted here that beech charcoal was also found in this cutting in the 

 mixed silting against the south wall of the fosse, and also in the chalk-rubble 

 at a depth of 12 ft. below the surface. 



V. Other Finds from the Fosse, Cutting IX. (excluding Picks). 



From the Roman and later strata. — (The Eoman stratum was 

 reached at a maximum depth of 4'5 ft.) 



A similar ball, not quite spherical, about 2 in. in diameter, was found at 

 the Grime's Graves in 1914 (see Grime's Graves Report, 1915, p. 210). 



