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265. Pick in fairly good condition, having the brow-tine remaining and the bez- and trez-tinen 

 reduced to aturaps. The brow-tine has become shortened by wear and its ' tip ' is now quite 

 blunt. The handle-end bears traces of fire. Length 442mm. (17 J- in.). 



Found in the middle of the cutting on the bottom of the fosse, depth 28.5 ft. 



266. Pick of large dimensions and the finest found this season ; length from burr to end of 

 handle 503 mm. {19| in.). The brow-tine, smooth at the tip, is of graceful form, length 340 mm. 

 (13| in.) on the outer curve. The bez- and trez-tines have been considerably cut down. The 

 smoothed handle bears indications of fire in two places. Min. circumference of beam lietween bez- 

 and trez-tines, 153 mm. ; circumference just above the burr, 200 ram. 



Found in the N. half of the cutting near the W. end, on the bottom of the fosse, depth 29.5 ft. 



267. Crown of an antler, consisting of one large and two smaller pomts ; one of the latter is 

 remarkably smooth. 



Found near No. 266, depth 29 ft. 



268. Crown of a large antler, having all three points ' worked.' 

 Found in the N. half of the fosse, depth 27 ft. 



271. Pick, having the burr completely worn away and the brow-tine largely reduced by constant 

 use. One tine has been completely removed ; the beam of the antler is smoother than is generally 

 the case. The crown of two points has been left to form a termination to the handle of the pick ; 

 these points are also a good deal polished by wear. Length 522 mm. (20 J in.). 



Found near the middle of the cutting, on the bottom of the fosse, depth 24 ft. 



272. Crown of a large antler, having two of the three points remaining ; but only one is nearly 

 complete and smooth at the end. 



Found on the bottom of the fosse. 



273. Pick, small, but fairly complete, except at the handle-end. The brow-tine has, however, 

 been shortened by fracture. 



Found at the bottom of the fosse, depth 24 ft. 



274. Pick, small and incomplete, with the whole of the brow-tine deficient. Part of the burr has 

 been removed. 



Found near the bottom of the fosse, depth 19.5 ft. 



275. Beam of a large antler, without any trace of the burr or brow-tine now remaining. The 

 handle-end is extremely smooth — more polished than the great majority of the Avebury specimens. 

 Probably the remains of a pick. 



Found within 3 in. of the bottom of the fosse, in the N. half of the cutting. 



276. Greater part of a pick, having the brow-tine set very obtusely to the line of the beam of 

 the antler. The bez- and trez-tines have been removed ; also part of the burr ; handle-end broken. 



Found near the E. end of the cutting, depth 22 ft. 



277. Pick ; with the exception of No. 266 the finest specimen found this season. The brow-tine 

 is worn down to a rounded point, the result of considerable use. The bez- and trez-tines have been 

 removed. The handle-end shows some signs of wear. The most pronounced indication of wear, 

 however, is seen at the back of the beam and round the burr, caused by hammering. Length 

 431 mm. (17 in.). 



Found near the E. end of the cutting, depth 19.5 ft. 



VII. Discovery o£ Buried Stones in the Northern Inner Circle. 



For some years past I have known of part of a sarsen stone showing one or 

 two inches aBove the surface in the farmyard near ' The Cove.' This year Sir 

 Prior Goldney and Mr. A. F. Major also noticed the slightly protruding stone, 

 and probing revealed the fact that it extended for some distance. Expecting 

 that this stone might be of sufficient importance to mark on my plan, I had 

 this area dug over by two men. The stone proved to have been buried by 

 penetrating the solid chalk for the purpose. In plan it measured 5.8 ft. in 

 length by 4.5 ft. in width at the west end; at the east end it was .3.5 ft. wide; 

 it was a thiclc stone of almost quadrangular cross-section ; its thickness at the 

 west end appeared to be 1.7 ft. 



Extending the digging slightly both north and south, two other buried stones 

 were uncovered, the most southern barely reaching the present surface at its 

 west end. The most northern stone of the three was only 5 in. deep below the 

 surface at the west end ; at the east end it was rather deeper. It was found 

 that the three stones (now numbered XXVIT, XXVIII, and XXIX from 

 north to south) covered a length of 16.5 ft. No. XXIX was a triangular stono 

 7.3 ft. in length, with a maximum width at the west end of 6.2 ft., where tho 



