By Mrs. III. E. Cunniwjton. 



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sign of any interment, or relic of any kind could be found. From 

 the fact tliat pottery of the Roman period was found in the turf, 

 and nothing below it, it would appear that tlie mound was made 

 before that time. 



Immediately under the turf in the centre of the mound a curious 

 discovery of an incomplete skeleton was made. The body had 

 been placed face downwards, witli the left arm doulded under it, 

 and the right stretched out by its side. All the bones of the two 

 legs and of the feet were missing, as well as those of the 

 right hand. The skull, the bones of the body, and those of the 

 two arms, with the exception of the right hand, were all in their 

 natural order and appeared to have been quite undisturbed. The 

 two femurs had gone, leaving the sockets in the pelvic bones un- 

 damaged, and the tibia and fibula of the right arm were also 

 undisturbed. 



As the skeleton was only covered by the turf it must have had 

 a very scant burial, and possibly the missing bones had been 

 scratched out by burrowing animals. 



(■ (• ,. (• ' 

 Section A.— Knap Hill Camp. 



A— Surface. B— Rampart. C— Ditch. D— Undisturbed Chalk. 



'I'liK Cuttings. 

 Cuttings were made to ])r()V(^ each of the causeways in the main 

 cntitMK Inncnl, and the iMids of all the sections of the ditch were 



found. 



Cuttings wcro inad(» at intcrx'als aloiii: IIk^ baidv adjoiiiini: the 

 plateau \n |)in\(> the (h'scont inuaiiee of the dit(di, and t Ins h'd to 

 the diseo\-ei-y d' I he scaipeil hanl^ \\.\). 



Cut tings \\(M'e made at iiit('r\als on the southiMii slopi^ uf lh(^ 

 lull to set> it" any traces dt' defence, such as a dil(di or («f stoid^adiiig 



