TRANSACTIONS OF SECTION H. 291 



(d) Isolated discoveries of the classical period : 



i. Sculptures, 

 ii. Inscriptions. 

 iii. Earthenware and bronze objects. 



(e) Various discoveries of the Byzantine period. 



II. Tliessaiy. — A prehistoric site in the plain of Larissa near Chasambali. 



III. Doris. — Dorian town sites in the Bralo area. 



IV. Turkey. — German excavations in Turkey during- the war. 



3. Recent Diacovery of an Unrecorded Type of Circular Earthwork in 

 the New Forest. By H. Kidner. 



The circular earthwork described in this report is situated on the west side 

 of Hatchet Moor, Beaulieu Heath, about 210 yards east of a trackway running 

 southwards from Pudding Barrow, where another trackway comes in obliquely 

 on the left and crosses (see O.S. map). The earthwork is of a type hitherto 

 unrecorded in the New Forest. The circular bank is slightly over 2 ft. high, 

 and 21 ft. wide; and is continuous the whole way round without gap for 

 entrance. There is neither outer nor inside ditch, nor central mound. Measure- 

 ment : Bank, 21 ft. + area 102 ft.+bank 21 ft. =144 ft. over all. Diameter of 

 area = 34 yards; over-all diameter = 48 yards. 



The area surface is slightly lower than the ground level, as if depressed ; and 

 whilst Iceland moss is found growing outside, none or scarcely any is seen 

 within the area. 



Whence the material was obtained for constructing the bank is not apparent, 

 as the difference of level respectively of area and ground surface does not seem 

 to account for all the material. In three bowl-barrows on Ibsley Common 

 excavated by Mr. Sumner the nuclei were composed of white pipeclay brought 

 from a distance of a quarter or half a mile ; and he suggests a similar transport 

 of material in the earthwork now reported. 



The setting of the earthwork on the open moor in association with bowl- 

 barrows ; the width, spread appearance, vegetation and consolidation of the 

 circular bank— all support the conclusion that it is of Bronze Age date. There 

 being no outer ditch nor any gap in the bank for entrance negatives any idea 

 of its being either a camp or stockade of Norman, Saxon, or Roman times. 



The earthwork is of the type described by Sir R. Colt Hoare as ' Pond 

 Barrows,' and it differs from a typical disc-barrow in not having either inner 

 ditch or central mound. The writer suggests that the earthwork was primarily, 

 if not exclusively, intended for purposes of religious ritual, and only secondarily, 

 if at all, for sepulchral uses. 



4. Hedeneshay or Hen.gistbury of Prehistoric Time. By G. Brownen. 



On the western bank of the estuary of the rivers Avon and Stour are the 

 prehistoric (earthwork) northern defences of an important settlement com- 

 manding the waterways from the Solent and Channel to the hinterlands of 

 Wilts, Dorset and Somerset and their prehistoric sanctuaries, &c. Portions of 

 these fragmentary mounds have been roughly opened in modern times, with 

 insignificant results, but the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries 

 undertook the first systematic exploration of the site a few years since, and its 

 Report was published in 1915. 



The township or settlement possessed a port just within the estuary with an 

 acropolis, and has afforded proof of trade with ancient Gaul more than two 

 millenia ago — chiefly by way of the Loire and Garonne. Its traffic reached 

 Marseilles. 



Among the many and curious finds obtained was a hoard of some thousands 

 of coins — a few only being Roman and dating from the Republic nearly to the 

 Roman departure from Britain. 



The great bulk of the discovered coinage was British and Gaulish in type, 

 and indicate an intimate connection or correspondence with this British port. 



