5 > ARBOR LOW EXCAVATIONS IN I90T AND 1902. 



Section 3, also 10 feet (3-05 m.) wide, was a cutting across 

 the ditch, midway between Sections 1 and 2, on the west side. 

 The silting was very soon removed in this case, the uneven 

 limestone floor being found at a maximum depth of 1*9 foot 

 (57 cm.). Three stone implements were found here, viz., 

 Nos. 3, 6, and 7 on plate V. and plan. 



Section 4 and its extension to the west to find the limestone 

 sides and end of the ditch at the north-north-west causeway 

 proved to be the most interesting and productive of the six 

 ditch cuttings. (See photograph, plate VII. ; and section 

 lines J-L, Q-R, and Y-Z, on plan.) The first " find " was an 

 almost circular greyish-white chert end-scraper (" 28 " on plan, 

 and plate VI., No. 28). One of the side edges exhibits some 

 fine secondary chipping, and would serve admirably as a knife. 

 At a depth of 3 feet (91 cm.) close to the limestone side of 

 the- ditch, at the south-east of the section, about two-thirds 

 of an extremely thin and finely chipped flint arrow-head were 

 found; its greatest width is 21 mm., greatest thickness 2-7 mm. 

 Its position is shown in a photograph of the cutting (plate III). 

 The base of this delicate implement is bounded by a semi- 

 circular arch, whilst the side-edges in the perfect arrow-head, 

 from the points of greatest width to the tip, appear to have 

 been quite straight, thus representing the lozenge-shaped form 

 as regards the upper half and the leaf-shaped variety in the 

 lower half ("29" on plan, and plate VI., No. 29). This type 

 belongs to the " kite-shaped class " of Mr. W. J. Knowles.* 

 On the bottom of the fosse, at a depth of 5-7 feet (1.74 m.), 

 under stiff clayey mould, was found the most interesting relic 

 that Arbor Low has yielded during these excavations, viz. 

 (" 43 " on plan, and plate VI., No. 43), a barbed and tanged 

 chipped arrow-head, of greyish-white flint or chert, of extremely 

 symmetrical form and r inch (25 mm.) long, a small portion 

 only of the tip being deficient; greatest width, 21-5 mm.; 

 greatest thickness, 5 mm. It is finely chipped all over its surface, 



* Although belonging to this class, Mr. Knowles does not figure an arrow- 

 head precisely similar. Journal of the Anthropological Institute, xxxiii. 44-56. 



