336 The Excavation of the Site of Old Sarum. 



laying bare the base of the great tower and other buildings on the 

 north side of the site and to search for and empty the well, which 

 must have been of great depth. 



As much of the past season's work was confined to the removal 

 of fallen masonry and rubbish, not many antiquities and objects 

 of interest have yet come to light. They include, however, a 

 number of important architectural fragments indicative of the 

 character and date of the great tower, &c, and a large quantity of 

 broken pottery, all of the medieval period, together with the usual 

 assortment of nails, bits of lead and iron, and a few more artistic 

 objects, including a pretty gilt bronze pendant pounced with a 

 fleur-de-lys of early type. The upper half of an undoubted Roman 

 quern, a large piece of another of Andernach lava, and some 

 fragments of Roman tile, foreshadow the finding in due course of 

 earlier antiquities than those belonging to the Castle period. 



To carry out the work on an adequate scale some £600 or £700 

 will be required annually, and the work will probably occupy 

 eight or ten years. All antiquities and objects of interest found 

 will, of course, be the property of the Dean and Chapter of 

 Salisbury, and arrangements are being made for their preservation 

 and exhibition in Salisbury itself. 



