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228. Pick, almost complete (shed antler), the brow-tine bearing indications 

 of considerable wear; the bez- and trez-tines reduced to stumps. There is 

 clear evidence of this implement having also been used as a hammer, like 

 No. 227. Length 474 mm. (18| in.). 



Found in the N.W. corner of the cutting on the bottom of the fosse, against 

 the end-wall and 29'5 ft. below the brink. 



229. Greater part of a much-worn pick formed from a shed antler. The 

 brow-tine is much shortened by wear and fracture ; the bez- and trez-tines 

 reduced to stumps. This implement was largely used as a hammer and there 

 is a deep cavity at the back of the beam penetrating one-half of its diameter ; 

 the burr has also been broken away by hard wear. Length 350 mm. (13f in.). 



Found at the W. end of the cutting against the end-wall, on the bottom of 

 the fosse, depth 29"3 ft. below the brink. 



230. Pick formed from a large antler of a slain deer with pedicle, the burr 

 much worn down at the back. The large brow-tine has been reduced in length 

 by wear and the ' tip ' is now quite blunt ; the bez- and trez-tines have been 

 .shortened in the usual manner. Indications of fire are noticeable near the 

 burr, at the base of the bez-tine, and at the handle-end. Length 521 mm. 

 (20^ in.) ; minimum circumference of the beam 165 mm. 



Found at the W. end of the cutting against the end-wall, on the bottom of 

 the fosse, 29 ft. below the brink. 



234. Part of a pick formed from a shed antler, the handle-end missing. 

 The greater part of the brow-tine remains and bears indications of wear ; the 

 bez- and trez-tines reduced to stumps. The condition of the back of the beam 

 and burr indicates that the pick, as in most other instances, was also used as a 

 hammer. 



Found in the chalk-rubble in the N. half of the cutting, depth 20"5 ft. below 

 the brink. 



235. Pick, much damaged and in a very fragile condition, not preserved. 

 Found close to No. 234, and at the same depth. 



236. The greater part of the beam of an antler, bearing traces of fire, and 

 perhaps part of a pick. 



Found at the W. end of the cutting, depth 25-5 ft. below the brink. 



237. Pick formed from a large shed antler having the burr partly removed. 

 The brow-tine is nearly complete, the tip in places being smooth from wear ; 

 the bez- and trez- tines reduced to stumps. Length 467 mm. (18| in.) ; circum- 

 ference of the beam between bez- and trez-tines 170 mm. (6| in.). 



Found in the chalk-rubble in the S. half of the cutting, 16"5 ft. below 

 the brink. 



239. Shed antler, not worked, with short undeveloped bez-tine and only two 

 points at the crown. Total length 672 mm. (26f in.). 



Found on the bottom of the fosse at the W. end of the cutting, average 

 depth 29 ft. below the brink. 



In addition to the above four much broken and decayed antler picks (or 

 parts) were found in the chalk-rubble, at an average depth of 12 ft. below the 

 surface of the silting ; and a piece of the beam of an antler was found on the 

 bottom of the fosse against the N. wall. 



VII. General Observations on Cutting X., across the Vallum, 1914. 



This cutting, measuring 15 ft. in width, was made on the S.S.E. 

 and within easy distance of the fosse-digging — so that the two excava- 

 tions could be watched simultaneously. At this point the vertical 

 height from the surface of the silting of the fosse to the crest of the 

 vallum was 32-65 ft., and from the middle of the berme to the top, 

 14*4 ft. About one-half of the berme was included in the excavation 

 which extended southwards as far as the summit of the vallum, the 

 length examined being 50 ft. The outer part of the vallum, comprising 

 a length of 30 ft., remains to be excavated. 



The whole of the body of the rampart was found to consist of chalk- 



