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been disappointing, and yet, on the other hand, Arbor Low, 

 not having been a habitation, and from negative evidence 

 appearing not to have been a place of sepulture at a period 

 closely following its construction, I do not know that more 

 relics could be expected under the circumstances. Nothing 

 Roman has been found, except three small fragments of what 

 appears to be Romano-British pottery just below the turf 

 in the interior. 



As is well known, flint scrapers are frequently found during 

 successive ages down to and including Roman times, but here 

 they are found deep in the silting of the fosse, only in asso- 



Fig. 12. Circular Hint knife found at Arbor Low (Lucas Collection, 

 British Museum). J linear. 



ciation with other rude stone implements and chipped flint 

 arrow-heads of Neolithic form, but of a variety found also in 

 later periods. The majority of the implements found at Arbor 

 Low appear to be of chert, which is only what would be 

 expected, seeing that it is indigenous and an excellent 

 substitute for flint, whereas flint was brought probably from 

 some considerable distance. 



Sir John Evans, in Ancient Stone Implements, states that 

 Mr. J. F. Lucas had a roughly-chipped celt, 4 inches (10 cm.) 

 long, from Arbor Low, but no record of its actual finding 



