By Mrs. M. E. Cannington. 53 



mound was raised. Tliey were side by side and only separated 

 from each other by a wall of unexcavated chalk about a foot thick 

 The two pits were as nearly as possible identical in size and shape, 

 roughly circular, with a diameter of 3-Jft. to 4ft., and 2ft. deep in 

 tlie chalk. 



On the bottom of pit 1 were some fragments of bone, a sharp 

 flint flake, and nine small sherds of coarse hand-made pottery, 

 including a piece of rim ornamented with incised lines. 



In pit 2 were five fragments of the same kind of pottery, in- 

 cluding three pieces of rim decorated with a series of thumb-nail 

 incisions, three sharp flint flakes, and four pieces of rib bones of 

 the size of those of a small ox. 



From the nature of the pottery and the flint flakes found in 

 them, there can be little doubt that these pits were contemporary 

 with the old hill camp, and that it was merely an accident that 

 tlie later mound happened to be thrown up over them. 



Tlie surface of the plateau enclosure has been a good deal levelled 

 at some time and a quantity of soil has been removed from one 

 side, leaving now a kind of dais, or raised platform, rectangular in 

 form {sec plan). Whether the ground was dug away for the pur- 

 pose of leaving this raised dais, or whether it is the accidental 

 result of digging material with which to build the mounds and 

 rampart, it is difficult to say, but the regularity of the shape of 

 tlie dais suggests that this raised place was left intentionally. 



A T-shaped fireplace, or hypocaust, was uncovered in the centre 

 of the dais. It measured 5ft. one way and 4ft. the other, and the 

 trench was 18in. in width ; it had been neatly cut 1ft. deep into the 

 chalk, so that with the 18in. of surface accumulation above, the 

 total depth, as excavated, was 2Ht. The chalk sides of the fireplace 

 were burnt and blackened, and it was full of charred wood and 

 ashes, among whicli lay the following objects : — 



The lower stone of a quern of millstone grit. This stone lay on 

 the bottom of the fireplace with ashes and charcoal adhering 

 to it, and was so splintered and cracked by heat that it fell 

 to pieces as soon as it was touched. 



Four large iron nails, the largest 6in., the shortest 4^ in. in lengtli 



