48 ARBOR LOW EXCAVATIONS IN 19OI AND 1902. 



bottom. In June, 1845, the digging of this tumulus was 

 resumed, but nothing further was discovered beyond a few 

 pieces of deer-horn. Mr. Bateman never took the trouble to 

 fill-in his excavation properly, the result being that four or five 

 little knolls exist round the top of the tumulus, bounding a 

 rather deep depression in the centre (see photograph, plate II.). 

 In addition to this, he threw some of his dibris into the ditch, 

 clearly shown in the plan and photograph plate I. The 

 formation of this tumulus, which is probably of somewhat later 



Fig. 2. Earthenware pot found in cist of tumulus on the south-east vallum of 

 Arbor Low. (Bateman Collection.) 



date than the vallum, has caused a gap to occur in the vallum 

 on either side of the mound. There is also another irregu- 

 larity in the form of the rampart to the north of the tumulus, 

 caused by a kind of spur which extends halfway across the 

 fosse. All along the crest of the eastern and north-eastern 

 vallum are irregular depressions, sufficient material for filling 

 which may be observed at intervals in ledges and patches along 

 the base of the inner side of the east and north-east vallum, 

 or, in other words, along the outer edge of the fosse in these 

 parts. The only feasible explanation for this seems to be that 



