THE ROMAN MILITARY STATION AT NEWSTEAD. 209 
repens, Sinapis arvensis, Posie media, Stellaria Holostea, 
Potentilla Tormentilla, Polygonum sp., Rumex Acetosa, Rumex 
‘sanguineus, Scirpus sylvaticus, Urtica dicen Chenopodium album, 
and another species of the last genus which was not identified. 
The sample yielded a few grains of wheat and one or two grains of 
what I believe to be barley. 
Sample N.—A small cake of vegetable earth with a well-pre- 
served frond of the common bracken, (Pits beneath east wall of 
buttressed end.) 
Sample O.—A clay soil with a dark-coloured earth mixed with 
it. No vegetable remains of any size. The sample, after careful 
washing, gave fruits or seeds of the following:—Geranium sp., 
Myosotis sp., Polygonum Fagopyrum, Scirpus caespitosus, Scirpus 
setaceus, Rumex nara Rumex sp., Carex (several species), and 
fruits of several grasse 
Sample P.—A clay so wee ith a fair amount of vegetable earth. 
Seeds ot fruits of the faligetng were obtained after careful washing :-— 
Ranunculus sp. Lychnis vespertina, Arenaria serpyllifolia, Pedi- 
cularis palustris, Potentilla Tormentilla, Rumex sanguineus, 
Rumex sp., Atriplex sp., Chenopodium sp., Urtica dioica, Urtica 
urens, Scirpus ey Natious and fruits of several species of Carex. 
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TABLE II. 
Definite Objects received for Identification. 
Shaft of hammer from Pit VIII. Stes (Bente Aucuparia). 
SHALE Or DCN 20 tec) aa Iba 
Shaft fg gouge from Pit VIII. . " Rowe Serre Aucuparia). 
Fragment of a spear shaft from 
Pitt VIII 
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eee eve ee ee Hazel (Corylus Avellana). 
ait OL Al BROS rece. 5x5 Hazel (Corylus Avellana). 
Shaft of a large hammer. . . Hazel (Corylus Avellana). 
Handle ob © ehiseiy s,s oe Hazel pc s Avellana). 
wiatt Of @ Ape pick... 6. .:... Ash (Fraxinus excelsior). 
Wood from Pit VIII. . . Ash (rrisines excelsior). 
es . Oak (Quercus Robur). 
Lining pete. Wool mixed with fine clay. 
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