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antiquated iron horse shoe, some fragments of pottery of uncertain 

 age, a few bones of large animals' and horses' teeth, the bowl and 

 part of the stem of a pi])e of early iTth century. In the bailey, 

 where we excavated extensively, a few fragments of pottery and 

 a few iron nails were found. At the boat quay, where we 

 searched carefully for a refuse heap or dumping ground for waste 

 from the camp, we found nothing but a few large nails and frag- 

 ments of comparatively modern bricks and a few bits of coal. It 

 is very remarkable that in all our excavations, either on the motte, 

 in the trench surrounding it, or in the bailey, we found not the 

 slightest trace of hearths, charcoal, charred wood, or soot ; 

 evidences of continued occupation were everywhere conspicuously 

 absent. 



With regard to the various articles collected during our 

 excavations, the few iron remains convey no indication as to age, 

 nor can we, I think, derive any information from the bones and 

 horses' teeth ; the glass is comparatively modern ; there remain 

 only the pottery fragments. I sent these to the South Ken- 

 sington Museum for expert opinion, and had a courteous reply 

 saying that the curator considered it advisable to obtain the 

 opinion of the Department of Mediaeval Antiquities, British 

 Museum, and that he had forwarded the collection to them. Mr. 

 Dalton later reported that in the collection which he had 

 examined none of the pieces seemed of earlier date than, at most, 

 early 17th century. 



I then forwarded the collection to the National Museum in 

 Dublin, where they were carefully examined by our distinguished 

 member, Mr. E. C. R. Armstrong, and Mr. Dudley Westropp, 

 whose report in every respect and quite independently, confirmed 

 that of the Department of Mediaeval Antiquities of the British 

 Museum. 



The natural deduction from the foregoing must be that the 

 mound, fortified as it is, was never occupied to any extent 

 by dwellers. The few articles discovered may indicate that for a 

 brief period it may have been occupied, possibly as a camp, in the 



