406 S. H. Warren — Pal(solithic Implements, I. of Wight. 



the note on B. Indeed, it has occurred to me that the brown clay- 

 seam on the top of the Eaised Beach at Aldrington, near Brighton, 

 and which contains so many ' heavy minerals ' in the residue,^ has 

 been derived, similarly to the plateau drift here described, from an 

 older bed common to both areas. 



V. — PAiLffiOLiTHio Flint Implements from the Chalk Downs 

 OF THE Isle op Wight and the Valleys of the Eivers 

 Western Yar and Stottr. 



By S. Hazzledine "Warren, F.G.S. 

 N taking my first walk over West High Down, near Freshwater 

 Bay, in May of last year, I found that the ground had been 

 ploughed up by traction engines drawing heavy guns to some 

 new forts on the Needles Point, then in course of construction. 

 Thinking that there might be some Neolithic implements turned 

 up, I examined the ruts, when almost the first thing I saw was 

 a PalEeolithic implement. It was ovate in form, 3-^- inches long 

 by 2f inches broad, thin, very slightly twisted, well made and 

 symmetrical though not elaborately finished, and ochreous and 

 almost unabraded in condition. So far as I am aware, this is the 

 first Paleeolithic implement that has been found in the district.^ 



Not a single stone had been thrown down to make a road, and 

 from the first I felt sure that it had been turned up on the spot. 

 The following day I took a trowel with me, and discovered that 

 there was a drift of stony clay ; in this I found a Paljeolithic core 

 at a depth of 19 inches from the surface, though the width of my 

 hole at that depth was scarcely larger than the size of the core. 



Through a mutual friend I obtained the consent of the owner of 

 the land, Mr. Granville Ward, of Weston Manor, Totland, and 

 Northwood, Cowes, to dig further. The following sections will 

 show the general character of the deposit. 



Hole A, about 35 yards north of where the first implement was 

 found, and at a slightly lower level. 



4. Surface soil 



3. Loam, with stones similar to those in the layer below 



2. Layer of stones : composed of flint nodules ; fractured, 

 unabraded, whitened flints ; fractured, red-stained, 

 scratched, and brown abraded flints ; Tertiary flint 

 pebbles and ironstone ; and Palfeolithic implements . . . 



[1a. In places, over an area of from 1 to 3 square feet, the 

 stained and scratched flints were found in the yellow clay 

 below the layer of stones. Here implements were most 

 abundant, the flakes sometimes almost touching each 

 other.] 



1. Yellow clay, with yellowish white, or grey, fractured, 

 unabraded flints, and some Tertiary flint pebbles and 

 ironstone Seen to 



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1 Proc. Geol. Assoc, vol. xvi (1900), p. 266. 



2 For an account of the discoveries at the other extremity of the island, see 

 T. Codrington, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xxvi (1870), p. 542 ; and Sir John 

 Evans, " Ancient Stone Implements of Great Britain," 2nd ed. (1897), p. 626. 



