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in .Henley Wood, Chelsham, not shown on the Ordnance maps. 

 (See report for 1911.) Many fragments of niedia?val pottery were 

 found and, as the enclosure contained a well in which tiles, etc., 

 were discovered, there may have been an occupied building in 

 mediaeval times, probably of wood. No foundations, however, have 

 30 far been found. The clearinf>' out of the well, 140 feet deep, gave 

 results of some value, as the last few feet of the filling were damp 

 and appeared to have been deposited in water. The general water- 

 level of the district is now very much lower than this. Pottery, 

 probably thirteenth century, and the iron tip of a crossbow bolt 

 were found at the bottom. These earthworks present many unusual 

 features, which the Committee would like to see examined. Apart 

 from the purely earthworks point of view, such an examination 

 might conceivably throw light on tho origin and object of an 

 entrenchment which is at present a riddle. 



Sussex. — Selsey. — Excavations were carried out in 1911 at a 

 circular earthwork at Selsey, consisting of a vallum and ditch, 

 apparently meant to protect the entrance to the harbour. The 

 stratum on which the vallum rests was found to contain pottery not 

 only of the Roman period, but also of a type considered to be four- 

 teenth century, or later. The evidence points to the truth of the 

 local tradition that the work was thrown up at the time of the 

 threatened Spanish invasion in 1588. 

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Westmorland. — Heaves. — An enclosure and late-Celtic tumulus 

 have been excavated by Professor I. McKenny Hughes, F.R.S. (See 

 Jiibliography, Hughes.) 



Wiltshire. — Avebury. — No excavation work has been done here 

 this year, but in April and May last Mr. H. St. George Gray was 

 engaged on a survey plan, worked to the scale of 40 feet to 1 inch. 

 The ))lan, which is some G feet sqiian', will show whon linishod the 

 exact form of the earthworks and the relative position of all tho 

 remaining stones. Excavation work at Avebury will ))r()l)iibly be 

 resumed next spring. 



